ing instruments in use in the Central park meteor- ological observatory are of his construction.
TAILFER, Patrick, colonist, lived in the 18th
century. He was a physician and emigrated to the
new colony of Georgia, but became dissatisfied
with the conduct of affairs there, and in September,
1740, left the province and went to Charleston, S. C.
Here, with Hugh Anderson, David Douglass, and
others, he printed " A True and Historical Narra-
tive of the Colony of Georgia in America from the
first Settlement thereof until the Present Period "
(Charles-Town, 1741 ; reprinted, London, 1741). In
this he accuses Gen. James Oglethorpe of selfish-
ness, greed, and despotism. Prof. Moses Coit Tyler says : " As a polemic it is one of the most expert pieces of writing to be met with in our early literature. It never blusters or scolds. It is always cool, poised, polite, and merciless." But many authori-
ties call it spiteful and scurrilous, and speak of
Tailfer as " chief of a club of malcontents.
TAIT, Arthur Fitzwilliam, painter, b. at Live-
sey Hall, near Liverpool, England, 5 Aug., 1819.
He studied at the Royal institution, Manchester,
but is mainly self-taught. In 1850 he came to the
United States, where he soon attracted attention
by his pictures of animal life. He was elected an
associate of the National academy in 1853, and an
academician in 1858. Mr. Tait has studied and
sketched much among the Adirondack mountains,
and several of his hunting scenes are laid in that re-
gion. His pieces include "'A Duck and her Young "
(1868) ; " Ruffled Grouse " (1869) ; " Woodcock Shoot-
ing," " Snowed in," and " Halt on the Carry "
(1871) ; " Racquette Lake " (1873) ; « There's a Good
Time coming A (1876); "The Portage"; "Jack in
Office" (1885); "Thoroughbreds" and " Startled "
(1887) ; and " A Mother's Solicitude" (1888). His
" Quail and Young " (1856) is in the Corcoran gal-
lery at Washington. Many of his works have been
lithographed or engraved.
TAIT, Charles, senator, b. in Louisa county,
Va., in 1768; d. in Wilcox county, Ala., 7 Oct.,
1835. He removed at an early age to Georgia,
was associated with William H. Crawford in the
management of Richmond academy, and then, hav-
ing been admitted to the bar, practised law with
success. He was judge of the western circuit of
Georgia from 1803 till 1809, and in the latter year
was chosen to the U. S. senate as a Democrat in
place of John Milledge, who had resigned. He
served from 28 Dec, 1809, till 3 March, 1819, when
he removed to Wilcox county, Ala., having been
appointed a judge of the U. S. district court for
that state. He resigned this office in 1826. Judge
Tait was an able supporter of the administrations
of Madison and Monroe.
TAIT, John Robinson, artist, b. in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 14 Jan., 1834. He was graduated at Bethany
college, Va., in 1852, after which he went to Eu-
rope, remaining for three years. At this time he
devoted himself mainly to literature, sketching and
Sainting as an amateur. He published " Dolce Far
fiente" (Philadelphia, 1859), and " European Life,
Legend, and Landscape" (1860). In 1859 he went
abroad again, and studied at Dilsseldorf under Au-
gust Weber and Andreas Achenbach until about
1871. He received the first-class medals at the
Cincinnati industrial exhibition in 1871 and 1872.
In 1873 he made a third visit to Europe, working
for several years in the Tyrol and in Munich, un-
der Adolf Lier and Hermann Baisch. In 1871 he
returned to the United States, and since 1876 he
has resided in Baltimore. As a member of the com-
mittee of the second Cincinnati exposition, he de-
signed the art hall. His works include " Siebenge-
birge " (1865) ; " Lake of Wallenstadt " and " Mey-
ringen " (1866) ; " Lake of Four Cantons " (1866), in
the Cincinnati art museum ; " Norwegian Waterfall "
(1869) ; " Solitude " (1871) ; " A Rainy Day " (1874) ;
" Under the Willows"; " Vesper Hour" and " Tyro-
lean Cottage," both exhibited at the salon (1876) ;
and " Noon " (1877). His " Crossing the Brook "
and " Landscape and Cattle " were at the Centen-
nial exhibition, Philadelphia. He has contributed
to magazines, and has written a comedy in German,
" Ein aufrichtiger Heirathsgesuch."
TALAMANTES, Melchor (tah-lah-man'-tays),
Peruvian geographer, b. in Lima about 1750; d.
in Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1809. He studied theol-
ogy in the University of San Marcos, Lima, and,
after receiving the degree of D. D., entered the
military religious order of Merced, in which he
soon rose to the rank of superior of his province.
His favorite study was geography, in which he
soon became an acknowledged authority, and on
his way to Spain in 1806 he stopped in Mexico, to
study documents regarding the colonization of the
northern provinces. He was commissioned by the
viceroy, Iturrigaray, to determine the boundary of
the viceroyalty with the former French possession
of Louisiana, and between the latter and Florida.
While occupied in this work, he was implicated in
Iturrigaray s plans of secession, and on the latter's
deposition, 15 Sept., 1808, Talamantes was arrest-
ed and transported to Vera Cruz, where he died of
yellow fever. His manuscript, " Apuntamientos
para deslindar los justos limites de las posesiones
Espanales de la America septentrional con las
Francesas," came into the possession of his col-
laborator, Jose Pichardo, who used the notes and
completed the work.
TALAVERA Y GARCES, Mariano (tah-lah-
vay'-rah), Venezuelan R. C. bishop, b. in Coro, 22
Dec, 1777; d. in Caracas, 23 Dec, 1861. In 1791
he was sent to the University of Caracas, where he
studied theology, received the degree of D. D., and
was ordained in 1797. In 1806 he became secre-
tary of the bishop of Merida, who sent him as
vicar to Barinas, and in 1808 he was appointed
rector of the seminary of Merida. When the war
for independence opened in 1810, he took part in
it, and was elected a member of the supreme junta
of Merida, but in 1812, when the armies of the re-
Sublic were defeated, he was forced to emigrate to
few Granada. In 1815 he was imprisoned by the
Spanish authorities, but pardoned and retired to
Coro, whence, after the liberation of New Granada,
he went to Bogota, and in 1822 Gen. Santander ap-
pointed him dean of the cathedral. In 1826 he
was elected to congress for Coro, and in 1828 con-
firmed by the pope as bishop of Tricala and vicar
of Guayana. From 1830 till 1832 he was exiled,
having refused to take the unconditional oath to
support the constitution. In 1842 he resigned the
bishopric and was appointed councillor of state,
which place he also resigned, after the attack on
congress of 24 Jan., 1848, and retired to private
life. He was considered the greatest pulpit orator
of Colombia, and one of the most learned men in
the church of South America.
TALBOT, Ethelbert, P. E. bishop, b. in Fayette, Mo., 9 Oct., 1848. His early education was received in the schools of his native town. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1870, and at the General
theological seminary, New York, in 1873, was ordered deacon in the Church of the Transfiguration, New York, 29 June, 1873, and ordained priest in St. Mary's church, Fayette, Mo., 4 Nov., 1873, both by Bishop Robertson. He was at once made rector of St. James's church, Macon, Mo., which post he
