promoter of sound learning he will be gratefully remembered. His “Life” has been written for the “American Men of Letters” series, by Octavius B. Frothingham (Boston, 1882).
RIPLEY, Henry Jones, clergyman, b. in Bos-
ton. Mass.. 28 Jan.. 1798; d. in 'Newton Out re.
Mas.-.. 21 May, 1875. From the Boston Latin-
school, where he was a " medal scholar." he passed
to Harvard, where he was graduated in 1816. On
closing his course in Andover theological seminary,
In a's ordained to the Baptist ministry in Boston
in November, 1S19. The early years of his minis-
try were spent in preaching to the colored people
of Georgia. In 1826 he was elected professor of
biblical literature and pastoral duties in Newton
theological institution, where he continued until
his resignation in 1860. After his resignation he
labored again for some time among the colored
I pie of Georgia. He received the degree of D. D.
from the University of Alabama in 1844 and from
Harvard in 1845. Besides numerous articles for
magazines and reviews, Dr. Ripley was the author
of " Memoir of Rev. Thomas S. Winn" (Boston,
1824); "Christian Baptism" (1833); "Notes on
the Four Gospels " (2 vols., 1837-'8) ; " Notes on the
Acts of the Apostles" (1844); "Sacred Rhetoric"
dxi'.i); "Notes on the Epistle to the Romans"
(1857); "Church Polity" (1867): and "Notes on
the Epistle to the Hebrews" (1868).
RIPLEY, James Wolfe, soldier, b. in Wind-
ham, Conn., 10 Dec., 1794; d. in Hartford, Conn.,
16 March, 1870. He was graduated at the U. S.
military academy in 1814, entered the artillery,
served in the second war with Great Britain, and
participated in the defence of S.-H k,tt'- Harbor.
He became battalion quartermaster of artillery in
1816, 1st lieutenant in 1818, was engaged during
the Seminole war in the seizure of Pensacola and
the capture of San Carlos de Barrancas, and was
commissioner for running the boundary-line of the
Florida Indian reservations in 1823-'4. He became
captain in 1825, was in command at Charleston
liarlmr during the threatened South Carolina
nullification disturbances in 1832-'3, and became
major in 1838. He was superintendent of the
Springfield armory in 1841-'54, and in May, 1848,
was brevetted lieutenant-colonel "for the perform-
ance of his duty in the prosecution of the Mexican
war." He became full lieutenant-colonel in 1854,
was chief of ordnance in the Department of the
Pacific in 1855-'7, and became colonel and chief of
ordnance, U. S. army, which he held till his re-
1 iivmcnt in 18(13. He received the brevet of briga-
dier-general, U. S. army, in July, 1861, and in
August was promoted to the full rank. From
his retirement until his death he was inspector . >f
the armament of fortifications on the New England
coast. In March, 1865, he received the brevet of
major-general, U. S. army, for "long and faithful
service." His nephew, Roswell Sabine, soldier,
b. in Worthington, Franklin co., Ohio, 14 Maivh.
1823; d. in New York city, 26 March, 1887, was
graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1843,
served in the Mexican war. where he was engaged
at Monterey, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras,
Churubusco, Molino del Rev, Chapultepec, and the
capt ure of the city of Mexico, and was brevetted
captain for Cerro Gordo and major for Chapulte-
pec. He engaged in the Florida war in 1849, but
resigned from the army in 1853 and engaged in
business in Charleston, S. C. At the beginning of
the civil war he entered the Confederate service.
directed the fire on Fort Sumter, 13 April, isiil,
and in August of that year was appointed briga-
dier-general, with command of the Department of
South Carolina and its coast defences. He was in
charge of the 2d military district of that state
from December, 1861, till May, 1862, commanded
a brigade that was composed of two Georgia and
two North Carolina regiments in the defence of
Richmond, Va., in June. 1802. and with it partici-
pated in the battles of Mechanicsville. Gaines's
Mills. Malvern Hill. South Mountain, Antietam,
and Fredericksburg. He then returned to South
Carolina in charge of the 1st military district of
that state, constructed the defences of Charleston,
and met the naval attack on 7 April, 1863. After
the evacuation of that city he joined Gen. Robert
E. Lee in Richmond, and continued with him till
the surrender. He went abroad after the war, re-
sided in Paris for several years, and subsequently
returned and engaged in business in Charleston,
S. C. He published a "History of the Mexican
War" (2 vols.. New York, 1849).
RISING, Johan Claesson, colonial governor, b.
in Sweden about 1600. He was secretary of the
College of commerce at Stockholm, and was sent
over in 1654 to act as commissary and assistant
governor in New Sweden, taking with him a com-
pany of emigrants in the " Ornen," which arrived
in Delaware bay on 18 May. He expelled the
Dutch garrison from Fort Casimir, forced the
Dutch settlers to take the oath of allegiance to
Sweden, concluded a treaty of friendship with the
Indians on 17 June, and denied to the English the
privilege of buying lands in Swedish territory, at
the same time inviting Swedes who had gone to
Virginia to return to the Delaware. .As soon as
Queen Christina knew of the departure of Gov.
Johan Printz (q. v.), she sent to Rising a commis-
sion as temporary governor, dated 28 Feb., 1654.
In August, 1655, Gov. Peter Stuyvesant, of New
Amsterdam, conducted an expedition against the
Swedish colony, recaptured the fort that he had
erected on the west bank of the Delaware, invested
the town of Christina, and demanded that the
Swedes should evacuate the country, except such
as were willing to accept Dutch rule. The direc-
tor-general paid no attention to the proposal to
have the territorial dispute settled by commission-
ers, and, on 15 Sept., Rising was compelled to yield
to his ultimatum. The Dutch offered to permit
the Swedes to retain possession of the lands higher
up the river, but Rising and his counsellors were
unwilling to compromise the claim of their sov-
ereign to the whole of New Sweden. The governor
and other officials, the soldiers, and such colonists
as were unwilling to become Dutch subjects, were
taken back to Europe. Rising presented a plan in
1656 for the reconquest of New Sweden, but the
government was occupied with other projects, and
contented itself with presenting a fruitless demand
for indemnification to the states-general.
RISING, Willard Bradley, chemist, b. in Mecklenburg, N. Y., 26 Sept., 1839. He was graduated at Hamilton college in 1864, and at the University of Michigan as a mining engineer in 1867. After a short experience as instructor in the chemical laboratory in Ann Arbor, he was called in 1867 to the chair of natural science in the University of California, where he remained for two years. Prof. Rising then spent some time at the University of Heidelberg, where in 1871 he received the degree of Ph. D., and at the University of Berlin, where he made a specialty of chemistry under the direction of August W. Ilofniaun. On his return in 1872 he was appointed professor of chemistry in the University of California, and he has since filled that chair. For several years he was consulting analyst to the state viticultural commission, and
