of books and objects of art, and was well known as a connoisseur. Before his death he sold his paintings to Vassar college, and presented his Protestant theological works to Newton seminary, his Roman Catholic collection to Cardinal John McCloskey, miscellaneous books to Colby univer- sity and Bates college. Me., illustrated art works to Rochester university, and water-color drawings to the New York metropolitan museum of art. Dr. Magoon was an eloquent preacher and lecturer, and made himself popular by the bold enunciation of broad humanitarian views. He was the only •clergyman in Philadelphia who advocated opening the permanent exhibition to the public on Sun- days. He was the author of " Eloquence of the Colonial Times " (Cincinnati, 1847) ; " Orators of the American Revolution " (New York, 1848) ; "Proverbs for the People" (Boston, 1848); "Liv- ing Orators in America" (New York, 1849) : " Re- publican Christianity " (Boston, 1849) ; and " West- ward Empire " (New York, 1856).
MAORATH, William (mag-rah'), artist, b. in
Cork, Ireland, 20 March, 1838. After attending
the Cork school of art he came to this country,
and opened a studio in New York city. He was
one of the earlier membei-s of the American society
of painters in water-colors, and was elected an as-
sociate member of the National academy in 1874,
and a National academician in 1876. He moved
to England in 1879, but returned to this country
in 1883 and established his studio in Washington.
He has executed many strong and original works,
of which " On the Old Sod " (1879) attracted much
attention for its technical merits and the fine sen-
timent that it suggested. Other works from his
hand are " Irish Peasantry returning from the
Fair" (1869); "Empty Flagon" (1873); "Court-
yard with Donkey " ; " Irish Interior " ; " Dairy
Maid " ; " Mussel Gratherers " and " Nora," in wa-
ter-colors ; " Ranen " (1884) ; " Recreation " (1885) ;
" Ah ! Rory, be aisey, don't taze me no more ! "
(1886); and "Meditation" (1887).
MAGRUDER, Allan Bowie, senator, b. in
Kentucky about 1775; d. in Opelousas, La., 16
April, 1822. He received an academic education,
studied law in Lexington. Ky., was admitted to
the bar, and removed to Louisiana, where he was
a member of the state house of representatives and
was subsequently elected a U. S. senator as a
Democrat, serving from 18 Nov., 1812, till 3 March,
1813. He was the author of " Reflections on the
Cession of Louisiana" (Lexington, 1803), and
" Character of Mr. Jefferson," and had collected
material for a general history of the North Ameri-
can Indians, which was left unfinished.
MAdJRUDER, John Bankhead, soldier, b. in
Winchester, Va., 15 Aug., 1810; d. in Houston,
Tex., 19 Feb., 1871. He was graduated at the
U. S. military academy in 1830, assigned to the ar-
tillery, and served in the west, in Maine, and at
Fort McHenry, Baltimore. In the Mexican war
he commanded the light battery of Gen. Pil-
low's division, and was brevetted major for gallant-
ry at Cerro Gordo, and lieutenant-colonel for Cha-
pultepec, where he was severely wounded. After
the war he served in Maryland, California, and
Newport, R. I., where he was in command of Fort
Adams. While holding this last post he added
greatly to the gayety of Newport by the splen-
did entertainments that he gave at the fort during
the fashionable season. When Virginia seceded,
he resigned his commission, that of captain of ar-
tillery, and entered the Confederate army. After
gaining the battle of Big Bethel, he was made
brigadier-general and placed in command of the
Confederate forces on the peninsula, with his head-
quarters at Yorktown, where for several weeks he
opposed the advance of the National army. He
was then promoted major-general and took part
in the seven days' fighting around Richmond, espe-
ciallv in the battle
of Malvern Hill.
On 16 Oct., 1862,
he was placed in
command of the
Department of
Texas, and on 1
Jan., 1863, he re-
covered Galveston
from the National
forces, capturing
the steamer " Har-
riet Lane," and
dispersing for a
time the blockad-
ing squadi'on. He
remained in com-
mand in Texas un-
til the close of the
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war, when he entered the army of Maximilian in Mexico, with the rank of major-general, serving until the emperor's downfall and execution. He then returned to the United States and lectured, in Baltimore and other cities, on Mexico. In I8(iy he settled in Houston, where he remained until his death. — His niece, Julia, author, b. in Charlottesville, Va., 14 Sept., 1854, has published " Across the Chasm," anony- mous (New York, 1885); "At Anchor" (Philadel- phia, 1887) ; "A Magnificent Plebeian " (New York, 1887) ; and " Honored in the Breach " (1892).
MAGUIRE, Thomas, Canadian clergyman, b,
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, about 1776; d. in Quebec
in 1854. He was ordained priest in 1800, and after
several years was made vicar-general of the diocese
of Quebec. In 1820 he was appointed bishop in
partibus, and coadjutor vicar-apostolic of Nova
Scotia, but declined. In 1826 he went to London
to oppose, on behalf of the Canadian secular clergy,
an arrangement between the Sulj)itians of Montreal
and the British government regarding the seign-
iorial rights of the former. He afterward went
to Rome, where he obtained a decision from the
propaganda against the Sulpitians. In 1833 he
was again charged with a mission to Rome.
Dr. Maguire published numerous works dealing
with educational and polemical questions, among
them " Recueil des locutions vicieuses " ; " Obser-
vations d'un Catholique sur Thistoire du Canada
par I'llonorable M. Smith " (Quebec, 1827) ; " Clerge
canadien venge par les ennemis, ou observations
sur un ouvrage recent, intitule ; Tableau statistique
et politique des deux Canadas" (1835) ; "Manuel
de jurisprudence a I'usage des ecclesiastiques " ;
" Recueil de notes diverses sur le gouvernement
d'une paroisse, I'administrationd'une paroisse, etc.,
adresse a un jeune cure de campagne " (1845) ; and
" Doctrine de I'Eglise catholique concernant la
soumission aux autorites civiles."
MAHAM, Hezekiah, soldier, b. in St. Stephen's parish, S. C, 26 June. 1739; d. there in 1789. Pie was elected a member of the first Provincial congress of South Carolina, and in other ways actively promoted the cause of American freedom. In 1776 he was elected a captain in the first rifle regiment, under Col. Isaac Huger, and served during the siege of Savannah and in the battle of Stono. He
was then made a commander of horse in Gen. Francis Marion's brigade, and in the attack on Fort Watson, in April, 1781, he suggested the erection
