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$176,000. In 1851 she was married in Boston to Otto Goldschmidt, a composer and pianist, and soon afterward went to Europe, where she has appeared only occasionally in concerts and oratorios. For many years she has lived in retirement in London, and is well known for her private charities and Christian character. Her voice had power, sweetness, flexibility, and the extreme range of high soprano, combined with purity of intonation And musical sensibility. Her ornamentation was remarkable for variety and originality, and she was unrivalled in the management of very soft passages. The “Swedish Nightingale” continued her intercourse to the last with many New-World friends, and to the writer said, “I shall never cease to love America and the Americans, for there I spent some of my happiest days.” She suffered a stroke of paralysis 29 Sept., 1887, from which there was no hope of her recovery.

LINDSAY, John Summerfield, clergyman, b. in Williamsburg, Va., 19 March, 1842. He was graduated at William and Mary in 1859, and at the University of Virginia in 1866, and was for several years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He acted as chaplain to the University of Virginia from 1865 till 1867, and in 1868 took orders in the Protestant Episcopal church. From 1871 till 1879 he was rector of St. James's church, Warrenton, Va., and in the latter year took charge of St. John's, Georgetown, Va., where he still re- mains (1887). From 1883 till 1885 he was chaplain of the U. S. house of representatives, and in 1887 he was elected bishop of the diocese of Easton, Md., but declined. Dr. Lindsay has published several occasional sermons, among them "A Sketch of Hamilton Parish, Va." (Baltimore, 1875), and " A Sketch of St. John's Church, Georgetown " (Wash- ington, 1886), He is also the author of an address on ** The True American Citizen " (1887).

LINDSEY, Charles, Canadian author, b. in Lincolnshire, England, in 1820. He came to Can- ada in 1842, became sub-editor of the Toronto "Examiner" in 1846, and in 1852 editor of the Toronto "Leader." In 1867 he was appointed registrar of Toronto. He is the author of " Clergy Reserves: their History and Present Position" <Toronto, 1851) ; " Prohibitory Liquor Laws : their Practical Operation in the United States " (1855) ; "Life and Times of William Lyon Mackenzie" (2 vols., Philadelphia a"nd Toronto. 1862); "An In- vestigation of the Unsettled Boundaries of Onta- rio " (Toronto, 1873) ; " Rome in Canada : The Ul- tramontane Struggle for Supremacy over the Civil Authority" (1877).

LINDSEY, Daniel Weisiger, soldier, b. in Frankfort, Ky., 4 Oct., 1835. His father, Thomas N. Lindsey, served as commonwealth's attorney in 1845-8, was several times in the legislature, and a member of the State constitutional convention of 1849. The son was graduated at Kentucky mili- tary institute, and at Louisville law-school, begin- ning the practice of his profession in 1858. At the opening of the civil war he entered the National service, and raised and organized the 22d Ken- tucky volunteers, of which he was elected colonel. He led it in the campaign of Gen. James A. Gar- field in eastern Kentucky, and in the retreat with Gen. George W. Morgan" from Cumberland Gap. He was soon afterward appointed to the command of a brigade in Gen. Morgan's division, which he led in the Vicksburg campaign, and in other engage- ments. In 1863 he was appointed adjutant-general of Kentucky by Gov. Thomas E. Bramlette, and served till the close of the term, in 1867. Since then Gen. Lindsey has practised law in Frankfort. LINDSEY, William, b. in Rockbridge county, Va., 4 Sept., 1835. He received an education in the schools of his native place, and in 1854 re- moved to Hickman county, Ky., where he taught, studied law, and was admitted to practice in 1858. At the opening of the civil war he entered the Confederate army as lieutenant, and was soon made captain in the 22d Tennessee infantry, lb- served as staff-officer with Gen. Buford and Gen. Lyon, and remained with the 2d Kentucky brigade until paroled as a prisoner of war early in 1865, at Columbus, Miss. At the close of hostilities he re- turned to Clinton, Ky., resumed the practice of his profession, and was elected to the state senate in 1867. In 1870 he was chosen to the highest judi- cial bench in the state, and in September, 1876. he became chief justice of Kentucky, leaving the bench two vears afterward with a high reputation. He declined a renomination, and has since followed the profession of law at Frankfort.

LINDSLEY, Philip, educator, b. in Morristown, N. J., 21 Dec, 1786 ; d. in Nashville, Tenn., 25 May, 1855. He was graduated at Princeton in 1804, and after teaching he was appointed in 1807 tutor in Latin and Greek at Princeton. Meanwhile he studied theology, and was licensed to preach in April, 1810. In 1812 he returned to Princeton, after preaching in va- rious places, as senior tutor. He was made profes- sor of languages in 1813, and at the same time be- came secretary of the board of trus- tees. In 1817 he was elected vice-president of Princeton, and, after the resigna- tion of Ashbel Green in 1822, he

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acting president, but in the succeeding year was chosen president of Cumberland college (now University of Nashville), and also of Princeton, both of which he declined : but later he was again offered the presidency of Cumberland. He was finally induced to visit Nashville, and the result of his trip was his acceptance of the office in 1824. He continued his relations with that college until 1850, when he accepted the professorship of archaeology and church polity in the Presbyterian theological seminary in New Albany, Ind.. which he held until 1853. Meanwhile he declined the presidency of numerous colleges. He was chosen moderator in 1834 of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, held in Philadelphia, and in 1855 commissioner of the presbytery to the general assembly in Nashville. In 1825 he'received the degree of D. D. from Dickinson college. His publications, consisting chiefly of baccalaureate addresses and occasional sermons, were collected by Leroy J. Halsey, and published as " Dr. Lindsley’s Complete Works and a Biography" (3 vols.. Philadelphia, 1868). See also " A Sketch of the Life and Educational Labors of Philip Lindsley," by Leroy J. Halsey (Hartford, 1859).— His son, "Nathaniel Lawrence, educator, b. in Princeton. N. J.. 11 Sept., 1816; d. near Lebanon, Tenn., 10 Oct., 1868, was graduated at the