war. He then returned to the United States and removed from Kentucky to a plantation near Green ville, Miss., where his health failed. In con- nection with Judge Mason Brown he published a " Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky, etc.. to 24 Feb., 1834," which was in use until the adoption of the new constitution (4 vols., Frankfort, lSo4).
MOREHEAD, James Turner, statesman, b. in
Bullitt county, Ky., 24 May, 1797; d. in Coving-
ton, Ky., 28 Dec, 1854. He received his edu-
cation at Transylvania university, studied law
at Russellville, and began practice at Bowling
Green in 1818. He served several terms in the
Kentucky legislature, and in 1832 was elected lieu-
tenant-governor of the state. On the death of Gov.
Breathitt in 1834, Mr. Morehead succeeded to his
office. He was elected to the U. S. senate in 1841,
and served a term of six years in that body. After
its expiration he practised law at Covington. He
published an " Address Commemorative of the
First Settlers of Kentucky at Boonesborough "
(Frankfort, 1840) ; and " Practice and Proceedings
at Law in Kentuckv " (1840).
MOREHEAD, John Motley, governor of North
Carolina, b. in Pittsylvania county, Va., 4 July,
1796 ; d. in Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va., 28
Aug., 1866. He was graduated at the University
of North Carolina in 1817, studied law. was admit-
ted to the bar in 1819, and acquired a large practice.
He served in the North Carolina legislature, and
early became a Whig, being a warm friend of Henry
Clay. From 1841 till 1845 he was governor of
North Carolina. In 1848 he was president of the
National Whig convention that nominated Gen.
Zachary Taylor for president.
MOREHOUSE, George Read, physician, b. in
Mount Holly, N. J., 25 March, 1829. He was grad-
uated at Princeton in 1848, and at Jefferson medical
college in 1851. From 1862 till 1865 he was acting
assistant surgeon in charge of the special hospitals
for nervous diseases in Philadelphia, and he is a
member of the principal medical societies of that
city, where he practises his profession. In addition
to many papers, including one on "Researches on
the Anatomy and Physiology of Respiration in the
Chelonia " with S. Weir Mitchell, published by the
Smithsonian institution (1858), he also wrote with
the same author "Gun-shot Wounds and other
Injuries of the Nerves " (Philadelphia, 1864).
MOREIRA, Luiz da Ciinha (mo-ray'-e-rah),
Brazilian naval officer, b. in Bahia, 1 Oct., 1777 ;
d. in Rio Janeiro, 28 Aug., 1865. At the age of
seven he went with his parents to Lisbon and
entered the College Dos Nobles, where he was grad-
uated as pilot in 1795. In 1799 he was promoted
lieutenant, and two years afterward captain in the
navy. In 1807 he commanded one of the vessels
that conveyed the royal family to Brazil. In 1809
he was attached to the expedition for the conquest
of Cayenne, led the forces that occupied Proaqui,
and was present at several battles till the occupa-
tion of that province. He was afterward promoted
rear-admiral, and in 1812 sent in a secret commis-
sion to Buenos Ayres. In 1816 he occupied Mal-
donado, and in 1817 he was at the siege of Pernam-
buco, where a revolution had begun. From 1817
till 1822 he served in the conquest of the province
of Cisplatina, Uruguay. In 1822 he was appointed
secretary of the navy, from which office he retired
in 1823, not being willing to sign the bill for the
dissolution of the constituent assembly. In 1825
he was promoted inspector of the navy-yard, and
in 1826 director of the Academia de marinha of
the city of Rio Janeiro. In 1831 he was offered
the presidency of the province of Para, but
declined. He took an active part in the elevation
of Pedro II. to the throne, and in 1844 aided in
suppressing the revolution of Rio Grande. Until
his death he took an active part in politics, affili-
ating with the most advanced party. In 1849 he
was made Viscount of Cabo Frio and promoted
admiral of the navy.
MORELL, George, jurist, b. in Lenox, Mass.,
22 March, 1786; d. in Detroit. Mich.. 8 March,
1845. He was graduated at Williams in 1807,
studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1811, and
settled in Cooperstown, N. Y. He was the first
judge of the Otsego county court in 1827, re-
appointed in 1832, and in 1829 was a member of
the assembly. From 1832 till 1836 he was U. S.
judge of Michigan territory, and he was a judge of
the Michigan supreme court from 1836 till 1843,
and its chief justice from 18 July, 1843, until his
death. He married a daughter of Gen. Samuel B.
Webb.— Their son, George Webb, soldier, b. in
Cooperstown, N. Y., 8 Jan., 1815; d. in Scar-
borough, N. Y., 12 Feb., 1883. He was graduated
first in his class at the U. S. military academy in
1835, assigned to the corps of engineers, and served
in the improvement of Lake Erie harbors. He was
made 2d lieutenant of engineers. 31 Oct., 1836, and
was engaged in the Ohio and Michigan boundary
survevs and in the construction of Fort Adams,
Newport harbor, R. I., in 1836-'7. On 30 June,
1837, he resigned his commission and engaged in
railroad construction in North and South Carolina
and Michigan until 1840, when he removed to New
York, studied law, and was admitted to the bar.
From 1854 till 1861 he was commissioner of the
U. S. circuit court for the southern district of New
York. In 1861 he was colonel and chief of staff to
Gen. Edward S. Sanford in organizing regiments
and forwarding them to the seat of war, and en-
gaged in the defences of Washington and in opera-
tions around Harper's Ferry, Va. He was appoint-
ed brigadier-general of volunteers on 9 Aug., 1861,
and assigned to a brigade in Gen. Fitz-John Porter's
division in the Army of the Potomac. He partici-
pated in the siege of Yorktown, and he took Gen.
Porter's division when that officer was promoted
to the command of the fifth army corps, 18 JMay,
. He was engaged in the battles of Hanover
Court-House, Mechanicsville, Gaines's Mills, and
Malvern Hill, and was promoted major-general of
volunteers ; but his name was not sent to the senate,
and his commission expired on 4 March, 1863. He
commanded the forces that guarded the upper
Potomac from 30 Oct. till 16 Dec, 1862, and the
draft rendezvous at Indianapolis, Ind., from 15 Dec,
. till 29 Aug., 1864. He was mustered out of
service on 15 Dec, 1864, and subsequently resided
on a farm near Tarrytown, N. Y.
MORELL, William, clergyman, b. in England; d. there. He came to Massachusetts in 1623 with the company that was sent out by the Plymouth council under the command of Capt. Robert Gorges, son of Sir Ferdinando Gorges (q. v.). He was a minister of the established church and bore a com- mission from the ecclesiastical court to exercise superintendence over the churches that were, or might be, established in the colony. The attempt by this company to form a settlement at Wessagussett (now Weymouth) was unsuccessful. After Gorges's departure Morell remained a year at Plymouth, and then followed him to England, where he soon published a poem entitled "Nova Anglia" (London) in Latin hexameters, which was afterward translated into English heroics and dedicated to Charles I. It is mainly occupied with a description of the animal inhabitants of New England, and the
