and polished in manners, and an eloquent and persuasive speaker.
ROULARD, Charles (roo-lar), West Indian
poet, b. in the island of St. Martin in 1751 ; d. in
Paris in 17N7. He went in his youth to Paris,
where he studied philosophy. His first verses at-
tracted the attention of Voltaire, who complimented
the young poet. In 1781 he became librarian of
the navy department at Paris, which post he held
till his death. His works include "Chants du soir
.I iln matin" (1774): "Les quatre saisons" (1777) ;
ami " Le cycle de la conquete," an original work
in prose and verse which narrates the Spanish con-
quest of America (1783).
ROUMFORT, Augustus Louis, soldier, b. in
Paris, France, 10 Dec., 1796; d. in Harrisburg, Pa.,
',' Aug., 1878. He came with his father to Phila-
delphia, Pa., about 1805, was graduated at the
U. S. military academy in 1817, and, after a short
service in the marine corps in Washington and
Philadelphia, resigned on 18 Aug., 1818. He was
then professor of mathematics at Mount Airy col-
lege, Germantown, till 1826. and from that time
till 1834 superintendent of a military school in that
town, where many young men were prepared for
West Point. He was reappointed in the army by
Gen. Jackson as military store-keeper of ordnance
in 1834, and served at Frankford arsenal till 1841,
when he resigned again. Meanwhile he had be-
come an active Democratic politician, and was in
the legislature in 1843-'4, and harbor-master of
Philadelphia in 1845-'8. He had been made cap-
tain of Pennsylvania militia in 1820, and in 1843
had risen to the rank of brigadier-general, in which
capacity he showed much vigor and prudence in
suppressing the native American riots in 1844. He
was connected with railroads from 1850 till 1860,
and from 1863 till 1866 was mayor of Harrisburg,
where he won reputation by his success in main-
taining order during the crisis of the Confederate
invasion. After this he engaged in literary pur-
suits till his death.
ROUND, William Marshall Fitts, author, b.
in Pawtucket, R. I.. 26 March, 1845. He received
an academic education and entered Harvard medi-
cal school, but was not graduated, owing to ill
health. In 1872 he was appointed U. S. commis-
sioner to the World's fair that was held at Vienna
in 1873, where he had charge of the New England
department, and on his return he devoted himself
to journalism and literature. He gave attention to
the subject of prison reform, and in 1883 became
corresponding secretary of the Prison association
of New York. In 1885', with Franklin B. Sanborn,
Francis Wayland, and others, he reorganized the
Nalimial prison association of the United States,
and was elected its secretary, and in 1886 he was
sent as a delegate from the United States to the
International penitentiary congress in Rome, Italy.
Mr. Round laid out in 1887-'8 the general scheme
for the Burnham industrial farm, an institution
for unruly boys, based upon the principles that
have dominated the similar institution at Mettray
in France and the Rauhehaus near Hamburg iii
(ii-rmany. His books include "Achsah, a New
England Life-Study" (Boston, 1876); "Child
.Mariuii Abroad" (1876) ; "Torn and Mended"
(1S77); "Hal: the Story of a Clodhopper " (1878) :
and "Rosecroft" (1880)'.
ROUNDS, Sterling Parker, printer, b. in
Berkshire, Vt., 27 June, 1828; d. in Omaha, Neb.,
17 Dec., 1887. At twelve years of age he removed
with his parents to what is now Kenosha, Wis., and
soon entered the printing-office of the “Southport
American.” He became in 1845 foreman in the
state printing-office at Madison, afterward was in
printing-offices at Milwaukee, Racine, and Buffalo,
and migrated to Chicago in 1851. Here he engaged
in the printing business, and soon afterward opened
a printers' warehouse, in which was kept in stock
everything that was needed in the trade. In 1856
the business was extended by the addition of the
printers' electrotype-foundry, and the first number
of “Rounds's Printers' Cabinet,” still in existence,
was issued. Extending his business still further,
he engaged in the manufacture of printing-presses,
the first that were made in the northwest. Mr.
Rounds was appointed public printer in 1881; but
he removed to Omaha in 1885 and was identified
with the “Republican” till his death.
ROUQUETTE, Francois Dominique, poet, b.
in New Orleans, La., 2 Jan., 1810 ; d. there, 10 May.
1890. He studied at the Orleans college, and then
followed classical studies at the College de Nantes
in France. In 1828 he returned to the United States
and studied law with William Rawle in Philadel-
phia. The active practice of his profession be-
ing uncongenial, he returned to France and had
since devoted himself to writing. Besides his con-
tributions to " L'Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans,"
the " Propagateur Catholique," and other journals,
he has published " Les Meschacebeenes " (Paris,
1839); "The Arkansas" (Fort Smith, Ark., 1850);
and " Fleurs d'Amerique : Poesies nouvelles " (New
Orleans, 1857). He has also written in French and
English a historical work on the Choctaw nation.
His brother. Adrien Emmanuel, author, b. in
New Orleans, La., 13 Feb., 1813 ; d. there, 15 July,
1887, was educated at the College de Nantes, and
spent ten years thereafter in the capitals of Europe.
He then returned to this country and studied law,
but becoming interested in the Choctaw Indians,
who were located in the parish of St. Tammany, he
devoted his attention to their welfare. Determin-
ing to spend his life among them, he settled in
their midst, learned their language, and, fixing it
in print, taught the Indians to read and write.
As the work progressed he became interested in
their religious welfare, and in 1845 presented
himself for orders in the Roman Catholic church.
He continued among the Indians, who called him
"Chatah-iona," during the troublesome times of the
civil war, when their territory was alternately over-
run by the soldiers of both armies. Abbe Rouquette
worked in their behalf until the year before his
death, when failing health compelled him to return
to New Orleans, where he spent his last days, ten-
derly cared for by the Sisters of Charity at the
Hotel Dieu. His 'scholarly attainments were uni-
versally recognized, and his poetry, written in the
emotional and sentimental style of Chateaubriand,
was commended by Sainte-Beuve and other French
critics. His work's include " Les Savanes, poesies
Americaines" (Paris, 1841), in which "Souvenir de
Kentucky " is the best known ; " Wild Flowers :
Sacred Poetry" (New Orleans, 1848); "La Thebaide
en Amerique, on apologie de la vie solitaire et
contemplative" (1852): "L'Antoniade, ou la soli-
the select poems of Estelle Anna Lewis, and also
edited "Selections from the Poets of all Coun-
tries." His last work was a satire on George W.
Cable's " Grandissim.es," entitled " Critical Dia-
logue between Aboo and Caboo on a New Book, or
a Grandissime Ascension," edited by E. Junius.
ROUS. John, naval officer, b. probably in Massachusetts: d. in Portsmouth, England, 3 April. 1760. He had command of the expedition
