Wheat on, Henry

(1785-1848), of Rhode Island, edited the New York National Advocate from 1812 to 1815, in which the question of neutral rights was ably discu ed during the war. From 1816 to 1827. he was reporter for the U. S. Supreme Court. His reports are exceedingly valuable, containing carefully prepared notes and citation of authorities on all difficult points. He was Chargé d’Affaires in Denmark from 1827 to 1835, Minister Resident to Pru ia from 1835 to 1837, and Minister Plenipotentiary from 1837 to 1846. He wrote “‘ Elements of International Law,’’ which is acknowledged a standard authority, a ‘History of the Law of Nations,"’ and a “‘ History of the North men.”’ Wheeler, Joseph, born in 1836, entered the Confederate service and commanded a brigade at Shiloh. He commanded General Bragg’s cavalry at Green River and Perryville. He led the cavalry at Murfreesboro and at Chick am aug a. In a raid in 1863 in Tenne ee he destroyed the national stores valued at $3,000,000, He engaged at Knoxville, Mi ionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. He hara ed General Sherman in his march to Atlanta, and fought at Atlanta and Aiken. He was elected to Congre from Alabama asa Democrat in 1880 and has served continuously since 1885. Major-general and commander of cavalry in the Santiago campaign of the Spanish-American War, and had command of a cavalry force in the Philippines, but served only afew months,. Wheeler, William A. (1819-1827), was U. S. District Attorney in New York from 1845 to 1849. He represented New York in the U. S. Congre as a Republican from 1861 to 1863 and from 1867 to 1877. He was author of the compromise in settlement of the political disturbances in Louisiana in 1876. He was elected Vice-President of the United States in 1877 on the ticket with President Hayes and served till 1881.