Chase, Salmon

PORTLAND, an American statesman, B. in Cornish, N. H., Jan. 13, 1808, is descended from Aquila Chase, who emigrated from England in 1618. His father, whom he lost while young, was Chief Justice D. Chase, of Vermont. After studying at the College of Cincinnati, he graduated with honors at Dart mouth College in 1826. He was admitted to the bar in 1830, practised at Cincinnati, and between 1832-35 published an edition of the Statutes of Ohio. In 1840, C. took a more active part in politics, separating from the Democratic party with which he had been connected, on account of its pro-slavery attitude, and süpported Gen. Harrison for President; after whose death he took part in the organization of the Liberal party in Ohio. In 1849 he was returned to the United States Senate by the Legislature of that State. In 1855 he gained much popularity by his persevering opposition to the Nebraska Bill, and in the following year was elected governor of the State of Ohio, a post he held till 1860. In 1861, C. was made Secretary of the Treasury by President Lincoln, and is the originator of the treasury notes called Greenbacks, and of the Postal Currency. During the civil war, his financial operations were on a gigantic scale, and were generally received with favor. In July, 1864, he resigned his post, and was soon after appointed by President Lincoln, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, an office he held until his D. May, 1873. Chase, SAMUEL, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and a judge of the U. States Supreme Court, B. in Somerset co., Maryland; D. 1811. Chase, in Kansas , a central co.; area, 576 sq. m. Rivers. Cottonwood and Neosho. Surface undulating; soil, fertile. Cap . Cottonwood. Chase'ford, in New Jersey, a post-office of Ocean co. Chase'-gun, n. ( Naut .) A long gun, generally a carronade, placed at the bow or stern of a ve el in chasing an enemy. See BOW-CHASER. Chase Mills, in New York , a P.O. of St. Lawrence co. Chase/-port, n . ( Naut .) The gun-port through which one of the chase-guns is run out, when chasing a ship. Chas'er, n. One who, or that which, chases; a hunter. 'At once the chaser , and at once the prey 1"-Pope. ( Naut .) Same as CHASE, CHASE-GUN, and Bow-CHASER, (q. v.) the revolution, the monks were driven out, and their property, including a valuable library, confiscated and sold. But, in 1826, the building, which had escaped the revolutionary tempest, was restored to its original destination, and C. is still the chief monastery of the Car thus i ans. The inmates, about 30 in number, derive their principal subsistence from the sale of the celebrated liqueur, which they manufacture under the name of Chartreuse, and in the composition of which enter many aromatic herbs. This liqueur has never been succe fully compounded elsewhere. Every bottle of the genuine cordial (which is highly tonic) bears the signature of Father Garnier, a superscription that is constantly and fraudulently imitated by manufacturers of a spurious article. Chartreux, (shär-trōō',) n. [Fr.] A monk of the Car thus i an order. See CAR THUS I ANS.