until Cleveland's election, when he came back to his old ernment expedition in Smith's Sound, Captain Young readily responded to an invitation to fulfill this important duty, which he did at no small risk, and in a manner which was deemed thoroughly satisfactory. In recognition of this service he received the honor of knighthood, March 12, 1877. YOUNG, SIR JOHN, an English civil officer, born in 1807, and died October 6, 1876. In 1870 he was created Lord Lisgar. He has held a number of offices under the government, and, from 1868 to 1872, was governor-general of Canada. YOUNG, SIR ALLEN, born in 1830, arctic navigator, ZALI ALINSKI, EDMUND LOUIS GRAY, soldier, was born in Kurnick, Prussian Poland, December 13, 1849. Coming to the United States in 1853, he attended school at Seneca Falls, N. Y., and later at the highschool in Syracuse, N. Y., where he graduated in 1863. When only fifteen years of age he entered the Union army, first as volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Nelson A. Miles, and was later commissioned second lieutenant in the second New York heavy artillery for bravery at the battle of Hatcher's Run, Va. He remained on General Miles' staff until the surrender of Lee, and was mustered out of the service September, 1865, and was recommended for an appointment in the regular army, commissioned a second lieutenant in the 5th United States artillery, February 23, 1866, and by regular promotion became captain December 9, 1887. He was on duty from 1872 to 1876 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as professor of military science. Captain Zalinski's name is widely known in connection with the development of the torpedo gun and by the invention of an electrical fuse. He has also invented other things now in practical use in the army. ZANARDELLI, GIUSEPPE, an Italian statesman, vas born in 1826, in Brescia. After the ministerial crisis of 1876 he became minister of public works in the first Depretis cabinet, which portfolio he resigned in November, 1877, in consequence of differences with Depretis, which made it impossible for him to sign, as minister of public works, the railway convention arranged by the latter. He was appointed to the Home Office in the Carioli ministry in March, 1878. ZEILIN, JACOB, officer of marines, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., July 16, 1806, and died in Washington, D.C., November 18, 1880. Entering the marine corps with the rank of second lieutenant, October 1, 1831, he was promoted to first lieutenant, September 12, 1831. He cruised in the Columbus and Congress during the Mexican war, and participated in the operations on the Pacific coast in defense of Monterey in July, 1846. He was commissioned captain, September 14, 1847, and served at New York and in Norfolk, Va., in 1849-52. When the Civil war began he took command of the rict: onpany in the marine battalion in cooperation Z. YULE, HENRY, was born at Inveresk, near Edinburgh, May, 1820. He entered East India Military College, Addiscombe, February, 1837, and passed for the Bengal engineers, December, 1838. He went to India, 1840, and was attached from 1843 for several years to the canal department, Northwest Provinces, afterward serving in the army and railway departments until 1855, when he was made under-secretary to the government of India. He retired in 1862 as lieutenantcolonel, with honorary rank of colonel. He was made a member of the council of India, 1875, and is the with the army in 1861, and was at the battle of Bull Run. He was appointed colonel commandant of the marine corps, June 10, 1864, and assumed control at headquarters, Washington, D. C. He retired on account of old age, November 1, 1876. ZELLER, EDUARD, German theological and philosophical writer, was born at Kleinbottwar in Würtemberg, January 22, 1814, and studied in Tübingen and Berlin. In 1847 he became professor of theology at Berne, in 1849 at Marburg, and in 1862 professor of philosophy at Heidelburg, and subsequently at Berlin, where he has since remained. Several sections of his History of Greek Philosophy, which is still the standard work on the subject, and widely used in the English universities, have been translated into English. ZENGER, JOHN PETER, printer, born in Germany, a0out 1680; died in New York city in 1746. He arrived in America about 1700, and worked in the printing office of William Bradford the elder. On November 5, 1733, he began to publish the New York Weekly Jour nal, and on the 17th of that month was arrested for publishing seditious libels. His friends, among whom were Rip Van Dam and James Alexander, employed Andrew Hamilton, of Philadelphia, for his defense, which stood for the question of liberty of the press. He was acquitted, and this episode has been, not unfitly, termed "the morning-star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America." After Zenger's deat!. his widow and son continued to publish the Journal until 1752. ZIMMERMANN, AGNES, was born at Cologne, July 5, 1847; was entered at nine years of age as a student at the Royal Academy of Music, where Cipriani Potter was her master at the piano, and Doctor Steggall taught her harmony. In 1860 she obtained the king's scholarship, and the same honor fell to her in 1862, and in 1864 she went to Germany, where she played at the Leipsic Gewandhaus concerts and before the court of Hanover, meeting with the most enthusiastic recognition of her brilliant talents and great executive power. Returning to England, she grew rapidly in public favor, and has, perhaps, no equal as an interpreter of the works of Sterndale Bennett. Miss Zimmermann's own compositions are well known to musicians, and her editions of Beethoven's and Mozart's sonatas are standard works among students. ZORRILLA, JOSÉ, one of the principal poets of Spain, was born February 21, 1818, at Valladolid. He studied law at the University of Toledo, and for a time resided in Mexico. He first came into notice on Feb ZIMMERN, HELEN, was born in the free Hanse ZOLA, ÉMILE, a French writer, born at Paris, April 2, 1840; passed his infancy in Provence with his father, the originator of the canal which bears his name at Aix. He then studied in the Lycée Saint-Louis at Paris, and obtained employment in the well-known publishing firm of Hachette & Co. He gave up that situation about | 1865, in order to devote his attention exclusively to literature. He has been an industrious contributor to the newspaper press, and has written works of fiction which have created a great sensation, and passed through many editions. ZÓLLICOFFER, FELIX KIPK, soldier, born in Maury county, Tenn., May 19, 1812; died near Mill Springs, Ky., January 19, 1862. Felix learned the printer's trade, and later ran a paper at Paris, Tenn. He removed to Columbia and took editorial charge of the Observer. He was a soldier during the Seminole war, but, returning, in 1837, resumed his labors on the same paper. He entered the Confederate service with the rank of brigadier-general, July 9, 1861, but his career was short lived. When the Federal army was about to enter East Tennessee, General Zollicoffer went by way of Cumberland Gap with 2,000 men to the point of threatened attack. He established his camp at Mill Spring. In the battle that ensued, General Zollicoffer having ordered an advance, rode forward with some of his staff officers to inspect the enemy's position, and, by mistake, passed beyond their lines. He endeavored to retrace his steps and was soon in front of the 4th Kentucky regiment, with whom he exchanged salutes, and rode off undetected, as he wore a rubber coat. One of his staff, however, fired a pistol shot toward the national line which drew a volley that killed the general and two other officers. Larra. His principal work is Don Juan Tenorio, a fantastic religious drama, 1866. A collection of his poems was published in two volumes, Paris, 1864 ZORRILLA, MANUEL RUIZ, was born in Castile, in 1834. He was a Madrid barrister, and a deputy in the Cortes, when the share he took in the June revolt, 1866, earned him a condemnation, and he was compelled to seek refuge beyond the French frontier. In the provisional government of Admiral Topete, after the revolution of 1868, he was minister of public works, law minister to Marshal Serrano in 1869, and, as president of the parliament, advocated the duke of Aosta's candidature to the throne. On the accession of the duke, under the title of Amadeo I., Zorrilla received, almost alone among non-royal personages, the famous order of the Annunziata, which ranks with the Golden Fleece and the Garter. When Amadeo abdicated, Zorrilla went to Portugal with him. He went back to Spain, but having allied himself openly with the Republicans, his position grew intolerable under King Alfonso, and he left the country. He lives in England, France, or Switzerland, according to the needs of the moment, and his intrigues are a perpetual source of anxiety to every Spanish Government in turn. ZUKERTORT, DR. J. H., a distinguished chessplayer, was born in Riga in 1842. In 1878 he gained the first prize at the chess tournament at Paris. Later, he made a tour of the continent of Europe, visiting Leipsic, Dresden, Cologne, Berlin, and other chess centers. In 1883 he won the great London tournament but failed in the championship match with Steinitz, in America, in 1886. Doctor Zukertort wrote several works in German; he edited the technical department in the Westminster Monthly, and for seven years was editor of the Chess Monthly. He died June 29, 1888 ber 9, 1842. He received an ordinary education, and at the age of seventeen was apprenticed to a printer. Soon afterward he went to New Haven, Conn., and in 1809 he removed to New York city. In 1816 he contracted to write a historic romance, entitled The Champions of Freedom, and in 1823, in connection with George P. Morris, he established the weekly New York Mirror. After a year's trial he withdrew from this paper, and in 1827 edited a short-lived publication, The Parthenon. He was the author of several plays, which became popular. Later in life he became impoverished and paralyzed. WOOL, JOHN ELLIS, soldier, born in Newburg, N. Y., February 20, 1784; died in Troy, N. Y., November 10, 1869. In the war of 1812 he entered the army as captain of volunteers, and took part in the battle of Queenstown Heights, where he was wounded. In 1813 he was promoted for gallantry at Plattsburg to be brevet lieutenant-colonel, and, on June 25, 1841, he was made brigadier-general of the United States army. At Buena Vista he was second in command under Gen. Zachary Taylor, and for meritorious conduct on that occasion was brevetted major-general, February 23, 1847. From 1848 to 1853 he commanded the eastern military division, and from 1854 to 1857 that of the department of the Pacific. In 1860 he commanded the department of the East, and on May 16, 1862, became major-general of the United States army. He was retired from active service August 1, 1863. WOOLMAN, JOHN, Quaker preacher, was born in Northampton, Burlington county, N. J., in August, 1720; died in York, England, October 7, 1772. He learned the trade of a tailor, which he used as a means of support while traveling, and preaching among the various societies of Friends throughout the colonies. He spent the greater part of his life as an itinerant preacher, once making a tour of the back settlements of Virginia, and later visiting the Indians on the Susque. hannah river. He spoke and wrote much against slavery. In 1772 he went to England to attend a quarterly meeting of Friends at York, and while there fell a victim to smallpox. Woolman's writings have been much admired. Among his posthumous works is The Journal of John Woolman's Life and Travels in the Service of the Gospel, edited, with an introduction, by John G. Whittier. | since executed the recumbent statue of Lor! Fre WORBOISE, EMMA JANE, was born in 1825. 19 WOOLNER, THOMAS, R. A., was born at Hadleigh, in Suffolk, England, December 17, 1826, and received his education at Ipswich. When thirteen years of age he evinced a talent for sculpture, and was placed in the studio of William Behnes, under whose guidance he studied with great diligence for six years, acquiring remarkable skill as a sculptor, and becoming an accomplished draughtsman. His first models were of a poetical and historical character, attracting particular attention, and regarded as works of great promise in the inventive or ideal style of sculpture. Mr. Woolner went to Australia in 1862, and during a residence of WORDEN, JOHN LORIMER, naval officer, at nearly two years there he modeled a number of char- Westchester county, N. Y., March 12, 1818, --acteristic likenesses in medallion. On his return to the navy as midshipman January 12, 1835, and England his first important production was a life size attended the naval school at Philadelphia. statue of Lord Bacon, for the new museum at Ox-ginning of the Civil war he was arrested by the ford, followed by many pieces, including statues of distinguished men of Europe. He was afterward engaged on a colossal statue in bronze of Captain Cook, for the government of New South Wales, to be erected in Hyde Park, Sydney, overlooking Sydney Harbor. In 1871 Mr. Woolner was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, and in December, 1874, nominated a royal academician. On the death of Mr. Henry Weekes, in 1877, he was appointed to succeed him as professor of sculpture in the Royal Academy. He resigned that professorship in January, 1879. Mr. Woolner has WORCESTER, JOSEPH EMERSON, phii»? in Bedford, N. H., August 24, 1784; did in 27 bridge, Mass., October 27, 1865. As a boy he witami on a farm, and in 1811 was graduated at Yale he visited Europe, and in 1847 received the me LL.D. from Brown, which was duplicated mouth in 1856. Doctor Worcester deliveral lectus edited a variety of gazetteers, geographies, histones, 21 almanacs, and finally made a life work of his 2% fa of the English Language. erates and confined for seven months. Subserver defend the wooden fleet of the government from further disaster. On March 9th the Confederate ram prepared to destroy the Minnesota, but when she had approached within a mile the Monitor steamed forth to intercept her progress. In the ensuing action the Merrimac's broadsides glanced off from the turret of the Monitor, while every one of the latter's deliberate broadsides took effect on the Confederate vessel. This cannonade continued for more than two hours, and ended in a drawn battle. Later Worden destroyed the Confederate privateer Nashville, which had taken shelter under the guns of Fort McAllister, and took part in the attack on the forts of Charleston harbor under Admiral Dupont. On May 27, 1868, he was promoted commodore, and from 1870 to 1874 he served as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. He was commissioned rear admiral, November 20, 1872, and December 23, 1886, was retired at his own request. WORDSWORTH, REV. CHARLES, D.D. and D.C.L., bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane, born in 1806; was educated at Harrow and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took the degree of B.A. in 1830. In 1835 he was selected second master of Winchester College, but resigned in 1845, and accepted in 1846 the appointment of first warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, which he held for seven years. In 1852 he was elected bishop of the united dioceses of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dun. blane, and at the installation of the late earl of Derby as chancellor, in 1853, was admitted to the honorary degree of D.C.L. by the University of Oxford. In 1854 he resigned the wardenship of Glenalmond, and has since devoted himself exclusively to the duties of the episcopate, taking an active part in the affairs of the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was one of the New Testament company for the revision of the authorized version of the Bible, and his published works are chiefly of a theological character. In 1885 he received the honorary degree of D.D. from the University of Edinburgh, on occasion of the grand tercentenary festival, and also from the University of St. Andrews in the same year. WORDSWORTH, JOHN, D.D., bishop of Salisbury, was born at Harrow, September 21, 1843, and educated at Winchester School and at New College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1865. He was appointed prebendary of Lincoln in 1870, select preacher at Oxford 1876, Bampton leeturer 1881, Oriel professor of the interpretation of holy scripture 1883, and canon of Rochester in the same year. On the death of Doctor Moberley in 1885 he was appointed bishop of Salisbury. Doctor Wordsworth is the author of several elaborate articles in the Dictionary of Christian Biography, and books of a religious and semi-religious character. WORK, HENRY C., an American composer and musician, is a native of Connecticut, and was born at Middletown, in that State, October 1, 1832. He was educated in Illinois, but served an apprenticeship to the printing trade in his native State, where he became prominent as the author of war songs, which attained to remarkable popularity, notably Kingdom Coming, Mirching Through Georgia, etc. He made a fortune from his compositions, but lost it by bad investments, and, in 1875, sought to recoup his losses as composer for Root & Cady, music publishers. He died at Hartford, Conn., June 8, 1884. WORMS, BARON HENRY DE, M.P. for East Toxteth division of Liverpool, was born in London, October 20, 1840; educated in Paris and at King's College, London, of which he is a fellow. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in June, 1863, and practiced as a barrister for about three years. In 1880 he became member for Greenwich, and from that time he took an active part in the debates in the House, especially those relating to foreign affairs. At the general election of 1885, consequent upon alterations caused by the Redistribution Bill, he withdrew from Greenwich, and successfully contested East Toxteth, for which constituency he was returned unopposed in 1886. He is the author of The Earth and its Mechanism, England's Policy in the East, and The Austro-Hungarian Empire, the latter being an exposition of Count Beust's policy. WORTH, THOMAS, an American designer, was born at New York city, February 12, 1834, and educated himself in the arts of designing and drawing on wood. In 1862 he illustrated an edition of Plutarch Restored, also a number of works of prominent authors, including Charles Dickens and others. His specialty is "caricaturing," in which he is a finished artist. WORTH, WILLIAM JENKINS, soldier, born in Hudson, N. Y., March 1, 1794; died in San Antonio, Tex., May 17, 1849. At the beginning of the war of 1812 he was commissioned first lieutenant of infantry; August 19, 1814, promoted captain; and, after the battle of Niagara, in which he was engaged, he became major. When the war closed Major Worth was appointed superintendent of the United States Military Academy. Later he fought in the Florida war, and in the war with Mexico became second in command to Gen. Zachary Taylor. Thereafter he was ordered to join the forces under Gen. Winfield Scott, taking part in all the engagements from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. On the conclusion of peace he commanded the Department of Texas. He was brevetted major-general for his services at Monterey. WORTHEN, AMOS HENRY, geologist, was born in Bradford, Vt., October 31, 1813; died in Warsaw, Ill., May 6, 1888. In 1836 he settled in Warsaw, where he engaged in business, and at the same time studied the geological features of that region. He withdrew from business in 1842 and spent two years in Boston, where he exchanged a collection of minerals for a cabinet of sea shells. By comparing these with his fossil specimens he afterward became an expert paleontologist. Returning to Warsaw, he greatly increased his cabinet of specimens, and, in 1851, he became assistant on the newly-established geological survey of Illinois. From 1855 until 1858 he held a similar office in the survey of Iowa, and was then appointed State geologist of Inois. In 1877 he was made curator of the State Historical Library and Natural History Museum, which office he held until his death. Mr. Worthen was a member of several scientific bodies, and in 1872 was elected to the National Academy of Science. WORTHINGTON, GEORGE, LL.D., a Protestant Episcopal bishop of the United States; born at Lennox, Mass., October 14, 1848; graduated at Hobart College in 1860, and three years later at the General Theological Seminary, New York. He was ordained minister in 1864, and became assistant rector at St. Paul's Church, Troy, going thence, as rector, to Christ Church, Ballston Spa, in the same State, and finally to St. John's Church, at Detroit, Mich. Being refused an election as bishop of Michigan, he declined the missionary bishopric of Shanghai, China, but was consecrated bishop of Nebraska, as successor to Bishop Clarkson, deceased, Febuary 24, 1885. Hobart Col. lege conferred the degree of D.D. in 1876, and LL.D). in 1885. WRANGEL, CHARLES MAGNUS VON, clergyman, born in Sweden about 1730; died in Sala, Sweden, in 1786. He was educated at the University of Upsala; in 1757 received the degree of D.D. from Göttingen Univers ty, and became court preacher. In 1759 he |