BEID. 810 BEID. Cincinnati Gazette during theCivil War, was pres- ent at the battles of Shiloh and Gettysburg, and was afterwards chosen Librarian of the House of Representatives (1863-UO). He then tried cotton planting in Louisiana and wrote After the War (18G6). Returning to Ohio, lie wrote Ohi-o in the War (18G8), an elaborate and important work. He next joined the staff of the A'eir Yorlc Tribune, and, succeeding Horace Greeley in 1872, became its editor and principal owner. He twice declined appointment as ilinister to Germany, but he ac- cepted the nomination for Vice-President (1802) and the appointment of Minister to France (1889-92) and Special Ambassador to Queen Vic- toria's Jubilee (1897). He was a member of the Peace Commission that terminated the Spanish War (1898), and Special Ambassador to Great Britain for the coronation of Edward VII. (1902). Among his collected writings are: Schools of Jovrn<ili.^m (1871) ; The Scholar in Politics (187.3); Some Keivspaper Tendencies (1879) ; and Town Hall Suggestions (1881). REID, Sir William (1791-1858). A British soldier and meteorologist, born at Kinglassie, Scotland. He was educated at the Royal Mili- tary Academ.y. Woolwich, was commissioned lieutenant of engineers in 1809, and was later sent to the theatre of war in Spain. In 1815 he participated in Sir Edward Pakenham's inisuc- cessful attack on New Orleans. The next year he took part in Lord Exmouth's expedition against Algiers. In 183.5 he commanded a brigade in the British Legion raised by the Queen Regent of Spain. In 1839 he was appointed Governor of the Bermudas, where he remained until 1846, when he was transferred to Barbados as Gover- nor-in-Cliief of the Windward Islands. In 1849 he was made commanding royal engineer at Wool- wich. He was Governor of Malta from 1851 until 1858, and in 185(5 was raised to the rank of major-general. He published several books, in- cluding An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms ( 1838) and The Pror/ress of the Develop- ment of the Lau- of Storms (1849).
