Bailey

Gamaliel, an American journalist, born in Mount Holly, N. J., J. G. Birney, founded the anti-slavery journal, the “Cincinnati Philanthropist ” (1836), the office of which was destroyed by a mob, though it continued to be published till 1847. He established the well-known newspaper, the Washington “National Era” (1847), in which the famous novel, “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” appeared first. He died at sea, June 5, 1859. | Bailey, Jacob Whitman, an American scientist, born in Auburn, Ma ., April 29, 1811; was graduated at the United States Military Academy, in 1832; and from 1834 till his death was Profe or of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology at the Military Academy. He was the inventor of the Bailey indicator and of many improvements in the microscope, in the use of which he achieved high distinction; and he is regarded as the pioneer in microscopic investigation. He was President of the American A ociation for the Advancement of Science in 1857; held membership in the principal scientific a ociations of the world; and was the author of numerours papers on the results of his researches. He died in West Point, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1857.