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from Massachusetts that in 1744 cut out a fleet of French vessels from the harbor of Fishotte, New- foundland, and laid waste all the French posts on that coast. In 1743 lie had "The Shirley" in the expedition against Cape Breton, and assisted in the capture of the French frigate " Vigilant " as she was approaching the coast. After the reduction of Louisburg he was sent to England with despatches, and for his services was commissioned, on 24 Sept., 174"i, royal post-captain. He commanded the fleet that conveyed the expedition against the French in the Bay of Fundy, and afterward destroyed their forts and houses on St. John's river. Two years later he had tin- frigate " Winchelsea" in the un- successful expedition against Louisburg, but was successful in the capture of a French sloop of -ix- teen guns after a stout resistance. Subsequently he had command of the "Sutherland." with which he participated in 1758 in the siege of Louisburg, and in 1759 in that of Quebec. Capt. Rous was a member of the colonial council in 1754.

ROUSSEAU. Lovell Harrison, soldier, 1>. in Lincoln county. Ky., 4 Aug., 1818 ; d. in New Orleans, La., 7 Jan. ,'1869. He received but little schooling, and in 1833 his father died, leaving a large family in reduced circumstances. On be- coming of age he went to ville, Ky.,ainl br- gan the study of law. Subsequent- ly he removed to Bloomfield, Ind., where in Frbru- ary, 1841, he was admitted to the bar. In 1844-T) he was elected to the Indiana legis- lature, of which he became an ac- tive member. He raised a company during the Mexi- can war, and was

attached to the 2d

Indiana regiment, with which he participated in the battle of Buena Vista. After losing nearly one third of his men in that contest, he fell back to the hacienda, doing good service when the wagon-trains were attacked by the Mexicans. In 1*47. lour days after his return from Mexico, he was elected to the Indiana senate, and served for two terms. He removed to Louisville, Ky., in 1849. and there fol- lowed his profession, being very successful in the management of difficult cases, especially in ad- dressing the jury. At the beginning of the civil war he was earnest in his efforts to restrain Ken- tucky from joining the Confederacy, and, resigning his seat in the state senate, began the organiza- tion of troops for the National army, and was ap- pointed colonel of the 3d Kentucky volunteers in September, 1801. On 1 Oct., 1861, he was commis- sioned brigadier-general of volunteers and attached to Gen. Don Carlos Buell's army. He took part in the battle of Shiloh, where he led a brigade of Gen. Alexander M. McCook's division, and partici- pated in the battle of Perryville on 8 Oct., 1862, where for his bravery he was promoted major- general of volunteers. Subsequently he succeeded Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel in the command of the 5th division of the Army of the Cumberland, serv- ing with great credit in the battle of Stone River, the Tullahoma campaign, the movement at Chatta- nooga, and the battle of Chickamauga. From November, 1863, till November, 1865, when he re- signed, he had command of the districts of Nash- ville, Tenn., and middle Tennessee, and during this time made a raid into Alabama, destroying the Montgomery and Atlanta lines of railway. In 1804 he held the important post of Fort Rosecrans in the defence of Nashville against Gen. John B. Hood. He was elected to congress from Kentucky as a Republican, serving from 4 Dec., 1865, to 21 July, 1866, when he resigned after being censured by the house for publicly assaulting Josiah B. Grinnell, of Iowa, in the capitol : but he was re- elected, serving from 3 Dec., 1866, till 3 March, 1867. He served on the committee on military affairs, and was one of the representatives that were selected to attend the funeral of Gen. Winfield Scott in 1806. President Johnson appointed him brigadier-general in the regular army on 28 March. 1867, and he also received at the same time the brevet of major-general in the U. S. army for services during the civil war. He was then sent officially to receive Alaska from the Russian g< >v- ernment and to assume control of the territory. Gen. Rousseau was summoned to Washington to testify in the impeachment trial of President Johnson, and was subsequently assigned to the command of the Department of the Gulf, with headquarters at New Orleans. He succeeded Gen. Philip II. Sheridan in this command and continued there until his death.

ROUSSEL, Gabriel Edmond (roo-sel), French explorer, b. in Dinan in 1717; d. in Sceaux in 1781. He accompanied La Condamine (q. v.) to South America, and afterward was sent to explore Brazil and the La Plata provinces, returning in 1779 with valuable collections, which were deposited in the Museum of natural history. At the instance of the Academy of sciences, Louis XVI. gave $2,000 from his privy purse for the publication of Rous- sel's works, which include "Voyages d'explorations a travers le Bresil, les Gtiianes et les contrces arrosees par la riviere de la Plata " (2 vols., Paris, 1781); "Flora Americana, seu genera plantarum quas in Amazonia crescent " (3 vols., 1784); "Re- sume de I'histoire et de la decouverte du Bresil" (1785) : and " Description generate de I'Amerique du Sud, sa flore et sa faune, ses produits, son etat politique et social" (3 vols., 17s7i.

ROUSSELOT DE SURUY, Jacques Philibert (roo-seh-lo), French author, b. in Dijon. 26 June, 1737 ; d. in Paris, 11 March, 1791. He held for many years an office in the French treasury department, and was afterward royal censor of new publications. His " Melanges interessants et eurieux " (10 vols., Paris, 1763-'5) treat of the natural, civil, and political history of Asia and America ; the six last volumes are devoted to the latter country, and contain some interesting infor- mation that is scarcely to be found elsewhere, as the author in his official capacity had access to the French archives of state, many of which have been missing since the revolution of 1789. His other works include "Memoiresgeographiques, physiques et historiques sur 1'Arnerique du Sud " (4 vuK. 1767), and " Histoire naturelle et politique de la Pensylvanie, et de 1'etablissement des Quakers dans cette contree." in part translated from the German of Kalms and Mitelberger (3 vols., 1770).

ROUTH, Sir Randolph Isham, Canadian statesman, b. in Poole, England, in 1785; d. in London, 29 Nov., 1858. His father, Richard Routh. was at one time chief justice of Newfoundland. The son was educated at Eton, and served in the British army thirty-seven years. He was present in the peninsula and at Waterloo, and in 18JO was