Morgan, Edwin D

(1811-1883), was a member of the New York Senate from 1850 to 1863. He was chairman of the Republican Nation a] | Committee from 1856 to 1864. He was Governor of New York from 1858 to 1862, and commanded the Department of New York during the Civil War. He was a U. S. Senator from 1863 to 1869. Morgan, John (1725-1789), established the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1765, and was physician-in-chief of the American army from 1775 to 1777. Morgan, John H. (1826-1864), commanded a Confederate cavalry force from 1862 to 1863. He annoyed the National forces by succe ful and destructive raids in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tenne ee, during one of which he was shot. Morgan, John T., born in 1824, was promoted brigadier-general in the Confederate service. He has represented Alabama in the U. S. - "Senate as a Democrat since 1877. His present term expires in 1901. Morgan, Lewis H. (1818-1881), the ‘‘ Father of American Anthropology,’’ made extensive investigations concerning the kinships of the races. He published ‘‘Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family ’’ and ‘“‘ Ancient Society.” Morgan, William, of Batavia, N. Y., born about 1775, proposed in 1826 to expose the secrets of the Order of Freemasons, of which he had been a member. His sudden disappearance soon afterward, and apparent abduction by the Masons, caused great excitement. An Anti- Masonic party was formed in most free States, and William Wirt was; nominated for president in 1831. Morgan, it has generally been believed, was taken from Batavia to Niagara and killed, his body being sent over the falls.. Mormons, a sect mainly located in Utah and the Territories and States in its neighborhood, to the number of 150,000, but having also ahout 60,000 converts in other parts of the United States and foreign countries. The sect was founded by Joseph Smith, of Sharon, Vt., and Palmyra, N. Y., the first organized conference being held June 1, 1830, | at Fayette, N. Y. The distinguishing features of their belief are polygamy, materialism and baptism for the remi ion of sins. The Mormons first settled in Mi ouri, but were expelled thence, probably because of their anti-slavery sentiments. In 1839 they settled at Natvoo, il, In | 1844 an Illinois mob killed the leader Smith. Emigrating again, by 1848 they were settled at Salt Lake City. Brigham Young, the presi- | dent, was appointed Governor of Utah Territory in 1850 by President | Fill more, but he turned out to be wholly in sympathy with the Mor- O's mons, and resisted the Federal troops in 1857. Since that time the Government has experienced many difficulties in regulating the relations of the Mormons and Christians in Salt Lake City. In 1882 the Edmunds Act disfranchised polygamists. \ Morocco. A treaty of peace and friendship was concluded between the United States and Morocco in 1787 for fifty years. This was renewed in 1836. In 1865 the United States joined with the European powers in a convention with Morocco concerning the administration and maintenance of the lighthouse at Cape Spartel; and similarly in 1880 in a convention for the establishment of the right of protection in Morocco. 472