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in support of the petition of William and Mary col- lege for an appropriation on account of the destruc- tion of its buildings and property during the civil war. — His brother, Richard Stoddert, soldier, b. in Georgetown, D. C, 8 Feb., 1817; d. in Spring- field, Tenn., 25 Jan., 1872. was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1840. His first experience of actual warfare was obtained in Mexico, where, in August, 1847, he was engaged at Contreras and at Churubuseo. He was promoted to captain, 4 Aug., 1849, and in June, 1857, won distinction fighting against the Apaches in New Mexico. When the civil war began, he resigned his commission, entered the Confederate .army, and was active- ly engaged throughout the war. He was pro- moted to the rank of major-general, and fought at Blackburn's Ford, 18 July, 1861, and at Bull Run, 21 July. In the fol- lowing year he dis- tinguished himself under Jackson, by whom he was great- ly trusted, and took an active part in the various move- ments preceding the second battle of Bull Run, losing a leg at Warren- ton Turnpike on 28 Aug., 1862. He

took part also in

the Maryland campaign. When Gen. Jackson was fatally wounded at Chancellorsville, Ewell, at his request, was pro- moted to lieutenant-general, and assigned to the command of the 2d cori^s. At the head of Jack- son's veterans he fought valiantly at Winchester, at Gettysburg, and at the Wilderness on the Confed- erate left. He was captured, with his entire force, by Sheridan at Sailor's Creek, 6 April, 1865. After the war he retired to private life. Gen. Grant says in his " Memoirs " : " Plere " [at Farmville] " I met Dr. Smith, a Virginian and an officer of the regu- lar army, who told me that in a conversation with Gen. Ewell, a relative of his " [who had just been made a prisoner], " Ewell had said that when we had got across the James river he knew their cause was lost, and it was the duty of their authorities to make the best terms they could while they still had a right to claim concessions. The authorities thought diflierently, however. Now the cause was lost, and they had no right to claim anything. He said further, that for every man that was killed after this in the war, somebody is responsible, and it would be but very little better than murder. He was not sure that Lee would consent to surrender his army without being able to consult with the president, but he lioped he would." Grant says this gave him the first idea of demanding the sur- render. — Another brother, Thomas, was killed at the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, in 1847.

EWELL, Marshall Davis, lawyer, b. in Oxford, Oakland co., Mich., 18 Aug., 1844. He was gradu- ated at the Michigan state normal school in 1864, studied law. and was admitted to the bar at De- troit in 1868. He was elected judge of pi'obate in Mason county, Mich., in 1874, and since 1877 has been professor of common law in the Union college of law, Chicago, 111., and is an editor of the " American Law Register," of Philadelphia, and of the " Chicago Law Times." He has also given much attention to microscopy and metorology, and is professor of microscopical technology in North- western university, Evanston. 111., and secretary of the Medico-legal society of Chicago. In 1886 he .was elected a fellow of the Royal microscopical society of London. Michigan university gave him the degree of IjL. D. in 1879, and Chicago medical college that of M. [). in 1884. Dr. Ewell has pub- lished " Blackwell on Tax Titles " (Boston, 1875) ; " Leading Cases in Disabilities " (1876) ; " Treatise on the Law of Fixtures" (Chicago, 1877); "Illi- nois Reports " (vols, xxxii.-xxxvi. inclusive, 1877) ; " Washburn's Manual of Criminal Law " (1878) ; " Evans on Agency " (1879) : " Lindloy on Partner- ship" (1881); "Student's Manual of Medical Juris- prudence" (1887); and an abridgment of Blackstone.

EWEN, Mary Cecilia, actress, b. in New York city in 1886 ; d. there, 10 Nov., 1866. Her maiden name was Taylor. She made her first public ap- pearance, at ten years of age, at a concert given in New York, and sang a scene from " Der Freischutz." Shortly afterward she appeared in the chorus of "Amilie" at the National theatre. Her special forte was light comedy, and she became so great a favorite that she was familiarly known as "Our Mary." Among her greatest successes in the vari- ous theatres where she played were " Life in New York," " Child of the Regiment," and " Pride of the Market." She married, 11 Nov., 1852. W. Ogilvie Ewen, and retired from the stage.

EWEN, William, patriot, b. in England about 1720; d. in Georgia soon after the Revolution. He came to Georgia about 1734 as an apprentice to the trustees, and was one of the earliest and most active of the Revolutionary leaders of that state. He was a member of the Council of safety, and as first president of the executive council performed the duties of governor in 1775.

EWER, Ferdinand Cartwrlght, clergyman. b. in Nantucket, Mass., 22 May, 1826 ; d. in Montreal, Canada, 10 Oct., 1888. He was graduated at Harvard in 1848. His parents were Unitarians, but he was baptized by the rector of the Protestant Episcopal church in Nantucket. This gentleman was one of the earliest of the "Ritualists," and young Ewer entered zealously into the novelties in worship of that day in the Episcopal church. It was his purpose to enter the ministry, but instead he chose civil engineering as his profession, and in 1849 sailed for California by way of Cape Horn. There he became a journalist, and for eight years was busily occu])ied in editorial work. In 1852, after years of doubt, he returned to the Episcopal church, was ordained deacon in 1857. and priest in 1858. He soon became rector of Grace church,. San Francisco, where he labored for two years. His health having become impaired, he returned to the east in 1860, was for a while assistant minister in St. Ann's church, New York city, and in 1862 was chosen rector of Christ church. Here he began the introduction of practices not usual in Episcopal churches, which, after a time, created disturbance among the people, and the rector felt it best to resign his charge. This was in 1871, when some friends organized a new parish for him by the name of St. Ignatius. Here he was at liberty to carry out fully his views as to doctrine and ritual, and he became the foremost champion of what he called catholic principles. Dr. Ewer was a man of genial spirit and temper, and was an able writer on theological and controverted points. While preaching in St. John's church, Montreal, Sunday, 7 Oct., 1888, he was stricken with paralysis, and died the third day afterward. Among other works he wrote " Two Eventful Nights, or the Fallibility of Spiritualism Exposed " (New York, 1856);