KING, HORATIO

(1811-1897), former Postmaster General; 6. Paris, Me.; d. Washington, D.C. He became a post office clerk in Washington, in 1839, after being in the printing and publishing busine in his native town and in Portland. Hoe was appointed First A istant Postmaster General, in 1854, and served as Postmaster General between January and March, 1861. He devised the ‘penalty envelope’ used by the post office department. d. Jamaica, L.I. He graduated from Harvard, in 1771, and became a member of the Ma achusetts legislature and of the Continental Congre , t g an active part in the convention, of 1787, which framed the Federal Constitution. Meantime, he removed to New York City; entered the State A embly, in 1789, and represented the state in the U.S. Senate, where he occupied a distinctive place as a leader of the Federals. President Washington appointed him as Minister to England, in 1796, a post he occupied till. 1803. After his return he was twice the Federalist candidate for Vice-President. In 1813 and 1819, the legislature again sent him to the United States Senate, where he served till 1825, when he became Minister to England for the second time. KRING, RUFUS (1814-1876), Civil War general and journalist; b. New York City. He graduated from West Point in 1833, but followed civilian pursuits, first as a railroad engineer, then as an editor. He edited the Albany Advertiser and the Evening Journal between 1839 and 1845; was Adjutant General of New York state; and for sixteen years afterward edited and partly owned the Sentinel and Gazette of Milwaukee, where he had removed. The Civil War brought him back into the army, and in that conflict he commanded the Iron Brigade, which repulsed two of Jackson’s divisions, in 1862, and Be ae aoe in the second battle of Bull Run, From 1863 to 1867, he was U.S. Minister to Rome, and later deputy collector of customs at New Ork. ~ KING, THOMAS STARR 18241864), Unitarian pastor and lecturer; b. New York City; d. San Francisco. He began his career as a clerk and teacher, meantime studying theology. In 1846, he became pastor of a Universalist Ohurch in Charles town, and, 1848-60, pastor of a Unitarian Church in Boston. He acquired great popularity as a lyceum lecturer while holding these pastorates. Called to San Francisco to take charge of the only Unitarian church there, he was of signal service at the outbreak of the Civil War in resisting and denouncing from lecture platforms the movement in Southern California to secede from the Union and form an independent republic in the state. During the heyday of the American Lyceum he was among its most outstanding figures. A peak of the White Mountains, which he had explored, is named in his honor, and there is a memorial of him in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. His lectures were published in book form after his death. _