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as he was more than sixty-two years of age. but was connnissioned commodore. 113 July. lh'tii. and served as light-house inspector on the lakes until 1866. He was promoted to rear-admiral. 25 July. thili. and was port-admiral at Norfolk from INNS! till IHTZ. After that he resided at Baltimore until his death. at which time he was the senior officer of the navy on the retired list.

SANDS. Robert Charles. author. b. in Flat- bush. Long Island. N. Y.. 11 May. 1799; d. in Ho- boken. N. J.. 17 Dec.. 1832. His father. Comfort Sands (IT-£84334). a New York merchant. was an active Revolutionary patriot. a delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1777. and for many yeals a member of the legislature. The son was graduated at Columbia in 1815. While in col- lege. he and James Wallis Eastbnrn had planned two periodicals, “The Moralist."of which but a sin— gle number appeared. and “ Academic Recreations." which lasted a year. To both of these Sands con- tributed prose and verse. On his graduation he began to study law with David B. Ogden. but at the same time wrote on a great variety of subjects. He was one of the authors of a series of essays in the " Daily Advertiser." entitlet “ The Neologist " (1817'). and another entitled “ The Amphilogist" (1819). which Were marked by purity of taste. He also began to translate the Psalms of David with his friend Eastburn. and wrote with him “ Yamoy- den." a poem founded on the history of the Indian. King Philip. which was published. with additions by Sands. after Eastburns death (New York. IHBO). He was admitted to the bar in 18:30. declining the chair of belles—lettres in Dickinson college. but continued to devote himself to literature. and in 1823—11 issued. with others. the " St. Tammany Magazine." of which seven numbers appeared. In 1824 he began the " Atlantic Magazine." and when it became the “ New York Review " he conducted it with William ('ullen Bryant in 1825—7. From the latter year till his death he was an editor of the “ Commercial AdvertiSer.” During the latter part of his life he lived in Iloboken. N. J.. then a rural village. the beauties of whose environs he celebrated in some of his writings. Besides the works that have been mentioned above. he wrote “ The Talis- man." an annual. jointly with \Vill- iam Cullen Bryant and Gulian C. Ver- planck (3 vols. 1825 — '30; repub- lished as “Miscel- lauies"). In this appeared “ The Dream of the Prin- cess I’apantzin." one of his longest poems. Ile con- tributed to " Tales of Glauber Spa." for which he wrote . troduction ('3. vols.. 1332). and was also the author of “ Life

and Correspondence of Paul Jones"

(1331). His works were edited. with a memoir, by Gnlian C. Yerplztiit-k (‘3. vols. New York. 183-1).

SANDIS. Sir Edwin. English statesman. b. in Woreester in 1561; d. in Northlmrne. Kent. in 1829. His father. of the same name. was bishop of Worcester. and afterward archbishop of York. The son was educated at Oxford, supported the claims of James I. to the English throne. and was knighted in 1603. He became an active member of the first London company for Virginia. led in reformatory measures. and introduced the vote by ballot. He was elected treasurer (thc chief otl‘icer ot' the com- pany) in 1619. and established representathe gov- ernment in the colony. whose security and pros- perity he did much to promote. Through Spanish influence. King James. in violation of the charter. forbade his re-election in 16:30. but his successor, the Earl of Scmthampton. continued his policy. He published “ Europa Speculum. or a Survey of the L\‘tate of Religion in the Western Part of the World " (best ed.. 1637).—His brother. George. poet. b. in Bishopsthorpe in 157 : d. in Boxley ab- bey. Kent. in March. 164-1. was educated at Oxford. and in 1621 became colonial treasurer of Virginia. where he built the first water-mill. promoted the es- tablislnuent of iron-works. and in 16:32 introduced shimeilding. llis translation of the last ten books of Ovid's " Metamor- phoses." which he accomplished d nr- ing his stay (Lon- don. 16211). is the first English lit- erary production of any value that was written in

this country. In 7‘4} his dedication toj Charles I. he says I

it was “ linmed by

that imperfect light which was snatched from the hours of night and repose.“ Ile returned to Eng- land in 1624. Sandys is well known as a traveller from his " Relation of a Journey " in the countries on the Mediterranean sea and the Iloly Land(Lon- don. 1615). and he also published metrical ver- sions of the Psalms (163(3). the Song of Solomon (1639). and other parts of the Scriptures. A col- lected edition of his works has been published (2 vols.. London. 187;). See his life by Henry J. Todd. prefixed to selections from his metrical paraphrases (1.839).

SANl-‘HR D. Charles “'.. lawyer. b. in Newark. N. J.. 5 May. 1796; d. in Avon Springs. Livingston 00.. N. Y.. July. 1878. He studied law in the office of Ogden llotfman in New York city. and was admitted to the bar there. where he remained in continumls practice throughout his life. He was counsel for the Harlem railroad for more than twenty years. and became well known from his connection with several important suits. Ile was vice-president of the Bar association and a member of the Law institute. He enlisted as a private in the 3d New York militia regiment. aml was promoted until he was placed in command of the 1st division. In 1857 he was retired by Gov. lteubcn E. Fenton. after being at the head of the military organization in New York city for more than thirty years. On him devolved the responsibility of directing the troops that were called out to suppress the Astor place. Flour. Street-preachers‘. and Draft riots. At the beginning of the civil war he responded to the first call for three-months volunteers. and was placed at the head of a division under (ten. Itobert Patterson. He was in command at Harper's Ferry during the battle of Bull Run.