STEVENS, WILLIAM B. 



SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 767 



Merrick that Mr. Dorsey be compelled to ap- 

 pear in person in the court-room. This was ap- 

 proved by his counsel, who took the ground that 

 his presence was necessary to a fair trial, but 

 that he was unable to attend, and the trial as 

 to him could not proceed. The Court held 

 that the defense could be just as well main- 

 tained in the absence of a defendant, except in 

 case he proposed to testify in his own behalf. 

 The Court would be prepared to meet that 

 point when it came up, but refused to postpone 

 the trial. Mr. Ingersoll then moved for a sev- 

 erance on the part of S. W. Dorsey, and the 

 continuance of the case as to him, but this was 

 refused. The challenges on both sides were 

 exhausted when ten jurors had been obtained. 

 The jury, as completed on the 14th of Decem- 

 ber, was made up as follows : John H. Crane, 

 commission merchant; John Hughes, carpen- 

 ter; Clarence Shields (colored), carpenter; 

 Reese Evans, stone-cutter ; Frank Kenshaw, 

 grocer ; John B. Sheriff, truck farmer ; John 

 H. Vernon, restaurant-keeper ; Jackson How- 

 ard (colored), hotel fireman ; Mason Lowery, 

 laborer ; D. 0. Green, real-estate broker ; Mi- 

 chael Horgan, blacksmith ; Edward C. Gill, 

 dealer in paints and oils. 



Mr. Bliss, for the Government, proceeded at 

 once to open the case. His address was finished 

 on the 19th, and Mr. Chandler began the open- 

 ing for the defense, which was continued by Mr. 

 Ingersoll on the 21st and 22d. The taking of 

 testimony was not begun until January, 1883. 



STEVENS, Right Rev. WILLIAM BACON, 

 D. D., LL. D., Bishop of the Diocese of Penn- 

 sylvania, born in Bath, Me., July 13, 1815. 



WILLIAM BACON STEVENS, D.D.,LL.D. 



Having lost his father in early life, he spent 

 his youth in Boston, Mass., and entered upon 

 a course of study at Philips Academy, with 

 reference to preparation for the ministry. In 



consequence of impaired health he gave up for 

 a time his studies in this line, and turned his 

 attention to the science of medicine. Soon 

 after, he took a long sea-voyage, and while in 

 China he prosecuted medical studies, also aid- 

 ing Dr. Parker, then in charge of the American 

 Hospital in Canton. On his return home he 

 was graduated, in 1837, M. D. at Dartmouth 

 College. Two or three years later he settled 

 in Savannah for the practice of medicine, and 

 soon after was appointed historian of the State 

 of Georgia, in the discharge of the duties of 

 which position he published "A History of 

 Georgia, from its First Discovery to the Adop- 

 tion of the Federal Constitution in 1797," two 

 vols., 8vo. Having completed his preparations 

 for orders, he was ordained to the ministry in 

 the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1843, and 

 the next year became Professor of Belles-Let- 

 tres and Moral Philosophy in the [Jniversity of 

 Georgia. In 1848 he was called to the rector- 

 ship of St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, a 

 position which he filled with great usefulness 

 until his election in 1861, and his consecration, 

 January 2, 1862, as Assistant Bishop of Penn- 

 sylvania. On the death of Bishop A. Potter 

 he became bishop of the diocese in July, 1865, 

 and has ever since been busily occupied in the 

 duties of his station. For several years he was 

 in charge of the American Episcopal churches 

 on the Continent of Europe, and in 1878 he 

 attended the Lambeth Conference and preached 

 the closing sermon in St. Paul's Cathedral. 

 Bishop Stevens has published a number of 

 works, in addition to his " History of Geor- 

 gia" viz., "The Parables of the New Testa- 

 ment practically Unfolded " (1855), " The Lord's 

 Day, its Obligations and Blessings" (1857), 

 "The Past and Present of St. Andrew's" 

 (1858), "A Charge to the Clergy " (1864), be- 

 sides numerous single sermons, tracts, etc. 



SWEDEN AND NORWAY, two monarch- 

 ies of Northern Europe, united August 15, 

 1815. The Constitution of Sweden consists ot 

 the law of 1809 on the form of government, 

 the law of succession of 1810, the law of 1812 

 on the liberty of the press, and the amended 

 statute on the formation of the Diet adopted 

 June 22, 1866. The King must be a member 

 of the Lutheran Church. He has the right to 

 declare war and conclude treaties, and pos- 

 sesses legislative powers in matters of political 

 administration. All other laws are made by 

 the Diet, but must have the assent of the 

 crown. The Diet consists of two Houses, both 

 elective. The First Chamber consists of 137 

 members, one to every 30,000 inhabitants, cho- 

 sen for the period of nine years by 25 provin- 

 cial assemblies and the municipal corporations 

 of Stockholm, Goteborg, Mai mo, and Norrkop- 

 ing. The Second Chamber consists of 204 

 members, elected directly for three years, in 

 the proportion of one member for every 10,000 

 inhabitants in the towns, and for every rural 

 district of under 40,000 inhabitants, and two 

 for rural districts of more than 40,000 inhab- 



