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nounced the high-handed measures of Gov. Tryon in a series of letters signed " Attieus," and in con- sequence was recommended by him for removal, but continued on the bench until the Revolution closed the courts. So great was his popularity that, during the Hillsborough riots in 1770, he was un- molested. He was a member of the provincial house of burgesses in 1775-'6, one of a committee to draw up an address to the people of Great Britain on the wrongs of the North American col- onies, and materially aided in forming the state constitution. His death and that of his brother James occurred at the same hour in adjoining rooms. — Another son of the first Maurice. James, soldier, b. in New Hanover, N. C, in 1737; d. in Wilmington. N. C, 15 Jan., 1777, was a captain of artillery under Gov. Tryon at the defeat of the regulators at Alamance in 1771, colonel of the 1st regiment of North Carolina troops that was raised for the defence of the state, and in February, 1776, was in command of the forces, a part of which, under Col. Richard Caswell and Col. John A. Lil- lington, won the first victory of the Revolution at Moore's creek bridge, near Wilmington, over 1,500 Scotch Tories. He was promoted brigadier-gen- eral for this exploit, made commander-in-chief of the southern department, and received the thanks of congress. He died of a fever on his way to join Washington. — The second Maurice's son, Alfred, jurist, b. in Brunswick county, N. C, 21 May, 1755 ; d. in Bladen county, N. C, 15 Oct., 1810, was edu- cated in Boston, where he acquired a knowledge of military tactics, and de- clined a commission in the royal army. He was admitted to the bar when he was twenty years old, but relin- quished his profession to join the army; was made captain in the 1st North Carolina regi- ment in 1775, of which his uncle James was colonel, and participat- ed in the battles of Charleston and Fort Moultrie. He subse- quently raised a troop of volunteers that did good service in harass- ing Lord Cornwallis in his march from Guil-

ford to Wilmington.

While the British occupied that town, they de- stroyed all his property, and at the end of the Revolution he was without means to support his family. He was elected by the North Carolina legis- lature state attorney-general in 1792, and he rose to high rank in the profession. He was called to the bench in 1798, and the next year was appointed by the president an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, but he resigned in 1805 on account of the failure of his health.— Alfred's son, Alfred, lawyer, b. in Brunswick county, N. C, in 1783 ; d. there, 28 July, 1837, possessed brilliant oratorical gifts, became an eminent lawyer, and was frequently elected a member and several times speaker of the legislature.

MOORE. James W., physicist, b. in Easton, Pa., 14 June, 1844. He was graduated at Lafayette in 1864, and at the medical department of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile he was a tutor in 1866-'8 and adjunct professor from 1868 till 1872, when he was made professor of mechanics and experimental philosophy in Lafayette. The de- partment of physics in this college was organized principally under his direction, and the equipment of the laboratory was accomplished by him. Prof. Moore is a fellow of the American philosophical society and of the American association for the ad- vancement of science, and a member of other soci- eties, also contributing to scientific journals papers on his specialtv. He has published several volumes.

MOORE, Jesse Hale, soldier, b. in St. Clair county, 111., 22 April, 1817; d. in Callao, Peru, 11 July, 1883. He was graduated at McKendree col- lege in 1842, taught two years in Nashville, HI., and then became principal of Georgetown semi- nary. He was licensed to preach in 1846, was pas- tor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Shelby- ville, subsequently principal of Paris (Ky.) semi- nary, and president of Quincy college, 111., in 1854-'6. He resigned his pastorate at Decatur, 111., in 1862, and raised the 115th regiment of Illinois volunteers, which he commanded at Chickamauga and the subsequent battles of that campaign. He also participated in the pursuit of General John B. Hood, and a part of the time led the 2d brigade of the Army of the Cumberland. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1865 for services during the war, returned to the pulpit, and was pre- siding elder of Decatur, 111., district in 1868. At that date he was elected to congress as a Republi- can, servmg in 1869-'73. and was chairman of the committee on invalid pensions in the 42d congress. He was appointed U. S. consul in Callao in 1881, and held that office until his death.

MOORE, John, jurist, b. in England, about 1658 ; d. in Philadelphia, about 1 Dec, 1732. He is said to be one of the sons of Sir Francis Moore, whose father, Sir John Moore, was knighted by Charles II. in 1627. Pie was liberally educated, and adopted the profession of the law. About 1680 he emigrated, with his brother James, to South Carolina, and there no doubt practised in his profession until 1697, when he removed with his family and settled in Philadelphia, doing so, it is conjectured, at the instance of Col. Robert Quar- ry, who in the same year removed from South Carolina to Philadelphia to become the judge of the vice-admiralty for Pennsylvania, Moore becom- ing the advocate for the crown in this court. In 1698 he was appointed by the king attorney-gen- eral for Pennsylvania, and at first declined the office, but afterward accepted it, when he was also appointed attorney-general by William Penn. In 1700 he was deputy judge under Quarry, and in 1704 was deputy and acting judge in Pennsylvania, In 1700 he was appointed register-general of Penn- sylvania, and when Penn in 1703 commissioned Col. ]larkham to fill the place, Moore refused to relinquish the office, saying that it was his " prop- erty and freehold, and conceived it to be a point of law," and demanded a trial thereof, which was granted, and he and Markham filled the office jointly while contesting the matter. Markham died during the next year, when Gov. Evans ap- pointed himself to the office, and thus settled the matter. In the same year Moore was commissioned collector of the customs in Pennsylvania for the king, which office he filled until his death. Next to David Lloyd, Moore was the most eminent law- yer in Pennsylvania during its early colonial his- tory. He was among the first members of Christ church, of which he was one of the vestrymen dur- ing mPoUy years preceding his death. — His son, John, merchant, b. in South Carolina in 1686; d. in New York city in 1749, was sent to England to be educated. On his return to this country he