Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1806 he declined the appointment of colonel of infantry in the regular army. In 18(15 he was the unsuccessful candidate of the Democrats for secretary of state of New York, in 1868 he was chosen a presidential elector, and he was elected to congress the >ame year, and re- eleeied in 1870. In IN 7 6 lii! was elected president of the board of city works, lirooklyn, which post lie afterward resigned, and in 1884 he was again elected to congress. He was one of the commis- sioners of the Brooklyn bridge, and was in favor nf making il free to the public.
SLOCUMB, Ezekiel, soldier, b. in Craven
county, N. ('., aliout 1750: d. near Dudley, N. ('.,
4 .Inlv. IS40. His father, Joseph, was at one lime
a men-haul in A I lanta. (in. The son entered the
Revolutionary army at an early dale, and served
through the war. As a lieutenant he fought at
the battle of Moore's Creek. N. C., 27 Feb., 1776,
and lie attained the rank of colonel lie fore the
close of the war. After the battle of Guilford, in
1781, his farm was ravaged by the Itritish troops
while 011 their inarch from Wilmington to Vir-
ginia, and. aided liy Maj. Williams, he raised a
troop of about 201) men, and, following the royal
army, succeeded in cutting oil' their foraging par-
ties and harassed (hem greatly mil il I hey crowed
K'lanoke river, when he joined lien. Lafayette
with his troop, and was at Yorktown on It) Oct.,
17si. After the war he returned to his home
on a plantation near Dudley. N. ( '.. held many
offices of honor and trust, and was a member of
the North Carolina house of commons from 1812
nil 1818. His wife, MABY HOOKS, at the battle of
Moore's Creek, fearing for her husband's -afety.
visited the scene of the baltle alone, and, having
been assured that he was unharmed, dressed the
wounds of the injured and returned to her home
forty hours after she had left it, having ridden 125
miles on horseback. Their son Jesse, b. in Dud-
ley, N. C., 20 Aug., 1780: d. in Washington, D. ('.,
20 Dee., ls20, was elected to congress from North
Carolina for two successive terms, serving from 1
Dee.. 1817, till his death.
SLOUGH, Joint P. (slo). soldier, b. in Cincin-
nati, Ohio, in 1821); d. in Santa Fc, N. M., 16 Dec.,
1867. He became a lawyer in his native city, anil
in 1850 was elected to the legislature of Ohio, from
which he was expelled for striking a member. In
1852 he became a secretary of the central Demo-
cratic committee of Ohio, and soon afterward he
went to Kansas, and in 18(50 to Denver city, Col. At
the opening of the civil war he raised a company
of volunteers, assumed command of Fort Garland,
and afterward became colonel of the 1st Colorado
regiment, forming part of Gen. Kdward K. S. Can-
by s expedition to New Mexico. He fought there,
in opposition to orders, the battle of Pigeon's
i;:iin -he, gaining a victory over Gen. Henry II.
Sibley, who was fon-ed to retire into Texas. Im-
mediately after this he gave up his commission as
colonel and proceeded to Washington, where he
was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers and
military governor of Alexandria. At the close of
the war he was appointed chief justice of New
Mexico by President Johnson ; but his manner and
irritable temper rendered him unpopular. A series
of resolutions were passed in the legislature ad-
vocating his removal from the chief justiceship,
which so incensed him against William D. Kyner-
son, the member who had introduced them, that
a personal encounter took place between the two
men, resulting in (ien. Slough's death.
SLUTER, George Ludewig, clergyman, b. in
Rodenborg, Hesse-Cassel, Germany, 5 May. is:;;.
In 1847 he settled with his parents in St. Louis,
.Mo. He was graduated at Westminster college,
Fulton. Mo., in 18liO, in 1S6:! at Princeton theo-
logical seminary, and he was licensed asa preacher
by the presbyiery of New Brunswick the same
yeai-. He has been settled as pastor in Rens-
selaer, and St. Louis, Mo., Duluth, Minn., and
Shelbyville, Ind.. and since 1881 at Arlington,
N. J. From 1866 till 1870 he was secretary of
home missions of the synod of Missouri. He was
assistant editor of the " Missouri Presbyterian " in
1 si ill-' 70, and since 1881 has been I he 'New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati ' Herald and Pres-
byter. ' He has published Life and Character of
Joseph Hamilton" (Shelbyville. Ind.. 1S72); Me-
morial of Mrs. Jane Major" (1874); " History of our
l!eloeil < 'liurcli " (18761 ; " Historical and Critical
Investigations of the Ada Pilati" (Indianapolis,
1879) ;" Illustrated Historical Atlas of Shclbv
County, Indiana" (Chicago, 1880): "The Religion
of Politics" (Shelbyville. 1880); "Life of the Em-
peror Tiberius " (New York, 1 88 1 ) ; and minor works.
SMALL, Alvin Edmond, physician, b. in Maine,
4 March, isi 1 : d. in ( 'hicago, 111.', 29 Dec., 1866. He
began I he study of medicine at Bath in 1831, anil sub-
sequently continued it in the University of Pennsyl-
vania. He settled in Delaware county, Pa., but in
|S.|5 returned to Philadelphia and took high rank
in his profession. While here he became converted
to the Homoeopathic school of medicine. In 1849
Dr. Small was appointed professor of physiology
and pathology in the Homoeopathic medical college
of Pennsylvania, where he remained for seven years,
during which time he wrote several medical works
and was editor of the > Philadelphia Journal." In
1H56 he removed to Chicago and entered at once
into an extensive practice, which he continued till
his death. Soon after his arrival in that city he
was called to the chair of theory and practice in
llahneinann college, which he held for life.
SMALL, Henry Beaumont. Canadian natural-
rist, b. in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, Eng-
land, :!1 Oct., 1831. lie was educated at King's
college, London, and Lincoln college, Oxford, where
he was graduated in 185:!, afterward emigrated to
Canada, and in 1S5S removed to the state of New
York, where he was a teacher of classics in a mili-
tary school at Sing Sing in 1860-'2. lie afterward
taught for a time in New York city, served in the
U. S. sanitary commission in Virginia during part
of the civil war, and in 1865 returned to Canada.
He entered the civil service of Canada in 1868, and
became chief clerk of emigration and quarantine
in 1885. Mr. Small has contributed extensively to
the British, American, and Canadian press and to
magazines, and among other works has published
"Animals of North America, Mammals" (Mon-
treal, 1805) ; "Fresh-Water Kish " (1806); "Chroni-
cles of Canada" (1868) : " Resources of the Ottawa
Valley" (Ottawa, 1872); "Mineral Resources of
Canada" (1880); and " Canadian Forests " (.Mon-
treal, 1885).
SMALL. John, British soldier, b. in Strathardle, Athole, Scotland, ill 1726; d. in the island of Guernsey, 17 March, 17!)6. After serving in the Scotch brigade in the Dutch service, he was commissioned ail ensign in the 42d Highlanders. 29 Aug., 1747, and was appointed a lieutenant on the eve of the departure of that regiment for this country, to join the force under London, lie served under Abercrombie in the attack on Ticonderoga in 1758, accompanied Sir Jeffrey Amherst the following year in his expedition, went to Montreal in 1760," was on service in the West Indies ill 1762, and the same year was made captain. On 14
