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addresses, he is the author of several monographs and papers, including " The Past and Present Posi- tion of Homoeopathy and the Duties of its Prac- titioners " (1861) ; " Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis " (1863) ; " Nosological Classification of Disease," with Dr. Horace M. Paine (1863); "The Medical Profession, its Duties and Responsibilities, and the Relation of the Homoeopathic to its Allopathic Branch " (1869) ; " No Sectarian Tests for Office, and No Sectarian Monopoly of National Institu- tions " (1871) ; " The Homoeopathic School " (1872) ; and "The Advanced Medical Act" (1872).

WATTEAU, Boudoin Louis (vat-to), French explorer, b. in Douai in 1570 ; d. in Paris in 1627. He traded with the West Indies and South Ameri- ca, visited also Brazil, and, lured by accounts of riches in the fabulous Eldorado, induced mer- chants of Douai and Dunkirk to arm an expedition to explore Guiana. The scheme failed, as the com- pany of the twelve lords refused permission to en- ter the country, and Watteau sailed for the Indies, where he took a cargo for the western coast of Peru, returning by way of the Strait of Magellan in 1624-'6. He went afterward to Paris to solicit Eermission to establish a colony in Patagonia, but e died without obtaining the grant. He wrote " Voyage des Francais aux Indes Orientales, Peru, detroit de Magellan. Patagonie et au Bresil, fait pendant les annees 1624-'6" (2 vols., Paris, 1627). This is a curious work, which contains interesting details on the manner of trading in India and Peru at the beginning of the 17th century. It was never reprinted, and only a few copies are known to exist. One of them was sold in 1829 for $280. WATTERS, John, naval officer, b. in Michi- gan, 5 Jan., 1831 ; d. in Baltimore, Md., 22 Jan.. 1874. He entered the navy as a midshipman, 12 Feb., 1846, was promoted to lieutenant, 16 Sept., 1855, and was on duty as an instructor at the naval academy in 1857-9. While he was attached to the "Minnesota" the civil war began, and he was actively employed in engagements and captures at Hatteras inlet and in the sounds of North Caro- lina. He served in command of boat expeditions by which he captured several blockade-runners in the vicinity of Fort Monroe, and he also partici- pated in the engagements with the " Merrimac " and the batteries at Sewell's point. He was pro- moted to lieutenant-commander, 16 July, 1862, was executive officer of the steamer " Mononga- hela " in Farragut's squadron, and during the operations against Port Hudson and Vicksburg commanded the gun-boat " Kineo." He was as- signed to patrol Mississippi river in this vessel in 1863-'5, and convoyed army transports by the Con- federate batteries along the banks of the river. He was promoted to commander, 14 April, 1867, and was attached to the naval academy in 1866-'8. He was assigned the sloop " Cyane," in the Pacific squadron, in 1868-'9, and was stationed at the New York navy-yard, in 1870-'3, on the receiving-ship. In 1873 he had of charge the "Ossipee" on the North Atlantic station, from which he was de- tached just, before his death.

WATTERS, William, clergyman, b. in Balti- more, Md., 16 Oct., 1751 ; d. in Fairfax county, Va., 29 March, 1829. His parents were Episco- palians, but he became a convert to Methodism in 1771, and in the following year began to preach. In 1773 he was received on trial bv the Philadel- phia conference, thus becoming the first native Methodist itinerant in this country. He preached in New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia till 1805, when he retired to his farm on Potomac river. His seven brothers were among the first in that region to open their house to Methodist preachers, and his home was looked upon as the headquarters of Methodism in that region.

WATTERSON, Harvey McGee, journalist, b. in Bedford county, Tenn., 23 Nov., 1811. He was educated at Cumberland college, Princeton, Ky., and established a newspaper at Shelbyville, Tenn., the capital of his native county, in 1831. He was elected to the legislature in 1835, served in con- gress in 1839-'43, having been chosen as a Demo- crat, declined a re-election in the latter year, and was sent by the president on a diplomatic mission to Buenos Ayres. On his return in 1845 he was elected to the state senate, and chosen president of that body. He was owner and editor of the Nashville " Union " from 1850 till the close of 1851, was connected with the editorial department of the Washington " Union " in 1853-'4, was a dele- gate to the National Democratic convention of 1860, where he voted for the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas, was an elector for the state at large on the Douglas ticket the same year, and chosen to the State convention in February, 1861, as a Unionist. He practised law in Washington for fourteen years after the war, and since 1878 has been a member of the editorial staff of the Louis- ville " Courier-Journal." — His son, Henry, jour- nalist, b. in Washington, D. C, 16 Feb., 1840, in consequence of defective eyesight, was educated chiefly by private tutors. He entered the profes- sion of journalism in Washington in 1858, and in 1861, returning to Ten- nessee, he edited the " Republican Banner" in Nash- ville. He served on the Confeder- ate side during the civil war in vari- ous capacities, be- ing a staff-officer in 1861-'3, and chief of scouts in Gen. Joseph E. Johnstous army in 1864. After the war he revived the " Banner," but

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went to Louisville, Ky., to reside, and in 1867 succeeded George D. Prentice as editor of the "Journal." In the year following he united the " Courier " and the " Times " with it, and in connection with Walter N. Haldeman founded the " Courier-Journal," of which he has since been the editor. He was a member of congress from 12 Aug., 1876, till 3 March, 1877, being chosen to fill a vacancy, but, with this exception, has always declined public office. He has sat for Kentucky as delegate-at-large in four National Democratic conventions, presiding over the St. Louis convention in 1876, and serving as chairman of the platform committees in the Cincinnati convention in 1880 and in the one at St. Louis in 1888. He is identified with the revenue-reform movement of the Democratic party as an aggressive advocate of free-trade ideas. He was a personal friend and a resolute follower of Samuel J. Tilden. Mr. Watterson has often appeared as a public speaker, notably on political occasions, and his advice is sought by the leaders of his party. He has also contributed freely to periodicals, and edited " Oddities of Southern Life and Character " (Boston, 1882).