ELLISTON, ROBERT WILLIAM

(1774-1831), Eng. actor; excelled in Shakespeare an plays. village, Hyderabad, India; its rock apes and caves are among finest in ndia,. town, Madras, India. Pop. 34,000. (1836-61), American soldier. B. in Mechanicsville, N. Y. April 23, 1837; d. ‘at Alexandria, Va. May 24, 1861. Early in life he moved to Chicago where he studied law and organized a cadet corps which toured the country in 1861, and created a sensation by marvellous precision in drilling. A friend of Lincoln he suggested a Bureau of Militia in the War Department, which he was appointed to direct. He formed a zouave regiment of the firemen of New York City and became their Colonel. He was with the first Federal forces in Virginia and at Alexandria having torn down a Confederate flag waving from a hotel he was shot and killed by the hotel-keeper. At Lincoln’s request his funeral was from the White House. an American statesman and jurist, b. at Windsor, Conn.; studied at Yale and Princeton, and practised law at Hartford, 1771. Was a member of the General A embly of Connecticut, and held many legal and political offices in the state. Advised Washington to send Jay to England to negotiate a new treaty. Appointed by Washington Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1796, and was sent by Adams to France to negotiate a new treaty.