he became a great sufferer from physical troubles. In 1833 he was attacked by pneumonia, and died on 28 July of that year. His remains were in- terred in Christ church buryiiifi-iii-dund, in Phila- delphia. Com. Bainbridge was a model of a naval officer. He was six feet in height, and had a finely moulded and muscular frame, which enabled him to endure any amount of fatigue. His complexion was rather fair, his beard dark and strong, his eyes black, animated, and expressive. His deportment was commanding, his dress always neat ; his tem- perament was ardent and somewhat impetuous, though he could qualify it with the greatest cour- tesy and the most attractive amenity.
BAINES, Allen Mackenzie, Canadian physi-
cian, b. in Toronto, 12 May, 1853. He was edu-
cated at Cobourg, and at Upper Canada college,
Toronto, studied medicine, received degrees from
both Trinity college, Toronto, and Toronto univer-
sity, and afterward attended medical lectures and
hospitals in London, England, where he took the
degree of L. R. C. P. He returned to Canada in
1882 and settled as a physician in Toronto. Dr.
Baines is examiner in toxicology and medical juris-
prudence in Trinity college, and likewise physician
for the home for incurables, Toronto, and the in-
fants' home in tiie same city.
BAIRD, Absalom, soldier, b. in Washington,
Pa., 20 Aug., 1824. He was graduated at Wash-
ington college in 1841 and studied law. In 1845
he entered the West Point academy, was graduated
in 1849, and served as second lieutenant in the
Florida hostilities from 1850 to 1853. He was
promoted first lieutenant 24 Dec, 1853, and from
1853 to 1859 was stationed at West Point as assist-
ant professor of mathematics. In March, 18G1,
he took command of the light battery for the de-
fence of Washington, and on 11 May was brevet-
ted captain and appointed assistant in the adju-
tant-general's department. In July, 1861, he
served as adjutant-general of Tyler's division in
the defence of Washington and in the Manassas
campaign, being present at Blackburn's Ford and
at Bull Run. He was promoted captain 3 Aug.,
1801, served as assistant adjutant-general and was
promoted major 12 Nov., 1861, and served as
assistant inspector-general and chief of staff of the
fourth army corps in the peninsular campaign,
where he was engaged in the siege of Yorktown
and the battle of Williamsburg. He commanded
a brigade of the Army of the Ohio from May to
September, 1862, and was engaged in the capture
of ( 'umberland Gap. From October, 1862, to June,
1863, he commanded the 3d division of the Army of
Kentucky about Lexington and Danville and in
the operations of Gen. Rosecrans in Tennessee,
being engaged at Tullahoma, the capture of Shel-
byville, Dutch Gap, Pigeon Mountain, and Chicka-
mauga. For gallant and meritorious services in
the last action he received the brevet of lieuten-
ant-colonel. In operations about Chattanooga he
commanded a division of the 14th army corps and
gained the brevet rank of colonel. He was en-
gaged in the battle of MissionaiT Ridge, was in
numerous skirmishes in pursuit of the enemy in
the invasion of Georgia, and was present at the
surrender of Atlanta. He was brevetted major-
general of volunteers for services in the capture of
Atlanta, in the pursuit of Hood's army and the
march to the sea, and the capture of Savannah.
He participated in the march thi'ough the Caro-
linas, was engaged at Benton ville and Raleigh, and
was jiresent at the surrender of Johnston's army
at Durham station. For his services in the At-
lanta campaign he received the brevet rank of
brigadier-general in the regular army on 13 March,
1865, with that of major-general for services during
the rebellion. He served as inspector-general of
the department of the lakes from 1866 to 1868, of
the department of Dakota till 1870, of the division
of the south till 1872, and subsequently as assistant
inspector-general of the division of the Missouri.
BAIRD, Henry Carey, author, b. in Brides-
burg, Pa., 10 Sept., 1825. In 1845 he became a
partner in the publishing house of Carey & Hart,
of Philadelphia, and in 1849 established the new
house of Henry Carey Baird & Co., which has pub-
lished a large number of technical industrial works
and various economical treatises. He was at first
a whig, and subsequently a republican in politics,
but in 1875 he joined the national greenback party
and became one of its leaders. He has written on
economical questions, advocating views similar to
those of Henry C. Carey, his uncle. He published
a collection of his works in Philadelphia in 1875.
BAIRD, Robert, clergyman, 1). in Fayette co..
Pa., 6 Oct., 1798; d. in Yonkers, N. Y., 15 March,
1863. He was graduated at Jefferson college, Pa.,
in 1818, and taught a year at Bellefont, where he
began his career as a newspaper writer. He stud-
ied theology at Princeton, 1819-'22, and taught
an academy there for five years, preaching occa-
sionally. In 1827
he became agent
in New Jersey
for the Ameri-
can Bible society,
engaged in the
distribution of
Bibles among the
poor, and also
labored among
the destitute
churches of the
Presbyterian de-
nomination as an
agent of the New
Jersey missionary society. In
1829 he became
agent for the
American Sun-
day-school union,
and travelled ex-
tensively for the
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society. In 1835 he went to Europe, where he re- mained eight years, devoting himself to the promo- tion of Protestant Christianity in southern Europe, and subsequently to the advocacy of temperance reform in northern Europe. On the formation of the foreign evangelical society, since merged in the American and foreign Christian union, he be- came its agent and corresponding secretary. In 1842 he published " A View of Religion in Amer- ica" in Glasgow. In 1843 he returned home, and for three years engaged in promoting the spread of Protestantism in Europe. In 1846 he visited Europe to attend the world's temperance convention in Stockholm and the meeting of the evangelical alliance in London, and on his return he delivered a series of lectures on the " Continent of Europe." In 1862 he vindicated in London be- fore large audiences the cause of the union against secession with vigorous eloquence. Among his other published works are a " View of the Valley of the Mississippi " (1832) ; " History of the Tem- perance Societies" (1836); "Visit to Northern Europe " (1841) ; " Protestantism in Italy " (Bos- ton, 1845) ; " Impressions and Experiences of the West Indies and North America in 1849 " (Phila-
