Hilgard, Julius

ERASMUS, scientist, born in Zweibrücken, Germany, Jan. 7, 1825; received a cla ical education and studied civil engineering in Philadelphia; became a member of the Coast Survey Service (1845); was appointed a istant in charge of the Coast Survey office (1862), and of the construction of standard weights and measures; was chosen a member of the the permanent committee of the international metric commi ion which met at Paris in 1872, and conducted a determination by telegraph of the differences in longitude between the observatories of Washington, Green wich and Paris; was president of the American A ociation for the Advancement of Science (1874) and from 1881 to 1885 superintendent of the U. S. Geodetic Survey. He published papers on geodetic methods, tides, ., which appeared in the Coast Survey reports, and in various scientific journals. Died May 8, 1891. Hill, AMBROSE POWELL, Boldier, was born in Culpeper co., Va., in 1825; graduated at West Point in 1847, and became a major-general in the Confederate service in 1862. He commanded a division in the actions of Mechanicsville and Gaines' Mill, the second battle of Bull Run, and at Antietam and Fred ericks burg, in 1862; and for his distinguished gallantry on the field of Chancellorsville, in 1863, was made lieutenant-general. He led a corps at Gettysburg in 1863, and in the follow