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tice in Philadelphia, he followed it until 1861, when the governor appointed him major-general of state volunteers. In May of that year he was placed in command of the city of Baltimore, then in a state of semi-revolt against the national gov- ernment. He accompanied Gen. Patterson as his second in command in the expedition against Win- chester (June, 1861). On 25 April, 1862, he was commissioned major-general of volunteers, and in December of the same year appointed one of a board to revise the military laws and regulations of the United States. He was the author of " Ser- vices in the Mexican Campaign of 1847 " (Phila- delphia, 1848).

CADWALADER, John, b. in Philadelphia, 10 Jan., 1742; d. in Shrewsbury, Md., 11 Feb., 1786. He took part in public affairs prior to the revolu- tionary war, and, when the movement for indepen- dence began, was a member of the Philadel[)hia committee of safety. He was captain of a military company half derisively and half admiringly nicknamed " The Silk-Stocking Company," nearly all of whose mem- bers afterward held commissions in the patriot ar- my. On the for- mation of the city battalions, he was placed in com- mand of one of them, and shortly afterward was pro- moted brigadier- general and placed in command of the Pennsylvania mili-

tia. He co-operated

in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton, 26 Dec, 1776, and was present as a volunteer at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. In the autumn of 1777, at the request of Washington, he assisted in organizing the militia of the eastern shore of Maryland. In the following winter, a combination against Washington was de- veloped, which threatened to be formidable, and Gen. Cadwalader challenged the most outspoken of the plotters, Thomas Conway. Cadwalader shot his antagonist in the mouth, and was himself un- hurt. After the independence of the United States was secured, he removed to Maryland, and became a member of the state legislature. His daughter Fanny, in 1800, married David Montague, after- ward Lord Erskine. Gen. Cadwalader published "A Reply to Gen. Joseph Reed's 'Remarks'" (Philadelphia. 17S8).

CADWALADER, Lambert, soldier, b. in Trenton, K J., in 1748; d. there, 13 Sept., 1823. As colonel of a New Jersey regiment in the revolutionary army, he served in the war for independence, and was taken prisoner bv the British at the cap- ture of Fort Washington, N. Y., 16 Nov., 1776. He retired to his estate near Trenton, and did not again enter the military service. From 1784 till 1787 he represented New Jersey in the continental congress, and was a member, from the same state, of the 1st and 3d congresses of the United States.

CADY, Albemarle, soldier, b. in Keene. N. IL, 15 Feb., 1807; d. in New Haven, Conn., 14 March, 1888. He was graduated at the U. S. military acad- emy in 1829, and was on garrison and frontier duty until 1838, when he served against the Indians in Florida until 1842. being promoted captain 7 July, 1838. In the war with IMexico he was at the siege of Vei'a Cruz and in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Churu- busco, and Molino del Rey. In this last engage- ment he was wounded, and for his conduct was brevetted major. He accompanied the expedition against the Sioux Indians in 1855, and was in the action at Blue-Water, Dakota, 3 Sept. of that year. On 27 Jan., 1857, he was promoted major. At the beginning of the civil war he was on duty on the Pacific coast, and remained there until 1864, when he was for a time in command of the draft- rendezvous at New Haven, Conn. He was retired 18 May, 1864, for disability resulting from long and faithful service, and received the brevet of brigadier-general U. S. A., 13 March, 1865.

CADY, Daniel, lawyer, b. in Chatham, N. X., 29 April, 1773; d. in Johnstown, N. Y., 31 Oct., 1859. His education was acquired at the public schools, after which he learned the shoemaker's trade, but studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1795, and began practice in Johnstown. He was elected to the legislature in 1809, and returned until 1813, when he was elected to congress as a federalist, serving from 4 Dec. 1814, until 3 March, 1817. Resuming his law practice, he became a jus- tice of the state supreme court in 1847, and served until 1855, when he resigned.

CAFFERTY, James H., artist, b. in 1819; d. 9 Sept., 1869. He began his professional life as a portrait-painter, in which branch he attained an excellent reputation, but his later years were given for the most part to game-pieces and still-life. He was chosen an associate member of the national academy of design in 1849, and in 1853 became an academician. His most notable paintings are " My Girl" (1868); "My Father" (1869); and "Brook- Trout" and several studies of fish (1869). With L. M. Wiles as his associate he painted the graveyard scene from " Hamlet," a picture that added to the reputation of both artists.

CAGGER, Peter, politician, b. in Albany, N. Y., 6 July, 1812 ; d. in New Y'ork city, 6 July, 1868. His parents were Irish. He was educated at the Roman Catholic colleges in Fordham, N. Y., and Montreal, Canada, studied law, and became a mem- ber of the firm of Hill, Cagger & Porter. He be- longed to the powerful, though informal, demo- cratic association known as the " Albany regency," which for many years dictated the policy of the party. Personally his political power was almost absolute, but he never sought ofhce lor himself. His great wealth was freely used for charitable purposes. He was thrown from his carriage and fatally injiired in Central pai-k. New York.

CAHOONE, J. Benjamin, naval pay-director, b. in Rhode Island, in 1800; d. in New York city, 27 July, 1873. He was appointed purser in the U. S. navy, 12 Nov., 1830, and after sixteen years of sea service and as many of shore duty, he was retired in 1861, having reached the legal limit of age for active service. He was, however, assigned to duty during the exigencies of the civil war at the navy-yards of Boston and Portsmouth, was promoted to be pay-director, and was finally retired with the relative rank of commodore in 1868, after serving for thirty-eight years with exemplary dili- gence and faithfulness.

CAICEDO, Domingo (cah-e-thay'-do), Colombian statesman, b. in Bogota in 1783; d. near that city in 1843. In 1809 he was sent to Spain by the colonists of New Granada to remonstrate against the acts of the authorities of that part of South America. After arriving at Seville and discharging his duties as an envoy, he served in the Span-