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CARBINGTON 365 CARSON CITY CARBINGTON, HENRY BEEBEE, an American military officer, born in Wallingford, Conn,, March 2, 1824; graduated at Yale in 1845. He began the practice of law in Columbus, 0., in 1848, and took an active part in the anti-slavery movement. In 1857 he was on the staff of Governor Chase and helped to organize the State militia in preparation for war. In 1861 he was appointed colonel of the 18th United States Infantry, served through the war, and afterward was in service on the plains till 1869; was retired in 1870; Professor of Military Science and Tac- tics in Wabash College, Ind., till 1873. He wrote "Absaraka, Land of Massa- cre," "Battles of the American Revolu- tion," and "Battle Maps and Charts of the American Revolution." He died in 1912. CARRION-FLOWERS, a common name for species of the genus Stapelia (natural order Asclepiadacex) , so called because of their putrid odor. In the United States the name is also given to the Smilax herbacea, a liliaceous plant. CARROLL, CHARLES, the last sur- viving signer of the Declaration of American Independence, born in An- napolis, Md., Sept. 20, 1737. He studied at Paris, became a member of the Inner Temple at London, returned to his na- tive country in 1764, was elected to Con- gress in 1775, and, along with the other members, signed the Declaration on Aug. 2 of the following year. In 1804 he withdrew to private life at Carrollton, his patrimonial estate, where, as his life advanced, he became an object of uni- versal veneration. He survived by six years all the other signers of the Dec- laration, and died in Baltimore, Nov. 14, 1832. CARROLL, JOHN, cousin of Charles Carroll, and first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States; born in Upper Marlboro, Md., Jan. 8, 1735; sent for edu- cation at the age of 13 to Flanders. From St. Omer's, where he remained six years, he was transferred to the colleges of Liege and Bruges. He was ordained a priest and became a Jesuit. In 1775 he returned to America, and engaged in the duties of a parish priest. In 1786 he was appointed vicar-general, and settled at Baltimore. In 1790 he was conse- crated, in Engand, Catholic bishop of the United States, and returned with the title of Bishop of Baltimore. He found- ed Georgetown College in 1791. A few years before his death he was created archbishop. He died in Georgetown, D. C, Dec. 3, 1815. 24— Vol CARROLL, LEWIS. See DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge. CARRON-OIL, a term for a liniment composed of linseed-oil and lime-water, so called from being much used in the case of burns at the Carron Ironworks. CARSON, CHRISTOPHER, commonly called Kit, an American trapper and scout, born in Kentucky, Dec. 4, 1809. He served under General Fremont in his Rocky Mountain expeditions, and fought in the Mexican and Civil Wars, attain- ing to the rank of brevet Brigadier-Gen- eral. In the course of his career as a trapper, hunter, Indian-fighter, scout and Indian agent, he met with many remark- able adventures. He died at Fort Lynn, Col., May 23, 1868. CARSON, SIR EDWARD HENRY, a British statesman; born at Dublin, Ire- land, Feb. 9, 1854. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, entered on the practice of law and was made Solicitor- General for Ireland in 1892. From 1900 to 1906 he was British Solicitor-General. He was the special champion of the Con- servative Protestant communities of Ire- land, chiefly centered in the province of Ulster, going so far as to organize troops and threaten armed resistance to the British Government if the provisions of the Home Rule Bill should be applied to Ulster. During the war, however, he was an ardent advocate of the Allied cause. He entered the Asquith Coalition Cabinet on May 26, 1915, as Attorney- General. He resigned in October of the same year, because of differences of opinion with his colleagues on the Dar- danelles expedition. When the Lloyd George Cabinet was formed in 1917 Car- son was made First Lord of the Admi- ralty. In the same year he became a member of the War Cabinet, without portfolio, but resigned suddenly in the early part of 1918, giving as his chief reason his desire to be entirely free in forming his judgment in regard to the Irish situation. In respect to the latter he continued an uncompromising opponent to Home Rule. CARSON CITY, city, capital of the State of Nevada, and county-seat of Ormsby co. ; on the Virginia and Truckee railroad, 32 miles S. E. of Reno. The city is located in a mining district and is the seat of a United States mint. It has several machine and railroad repair shops. State House, State Prison, an or- phans' home, and an Indian school. It is only 10 miles from Lake Tahoe, and, on account of its beautiful scenery at the base of the Sierra Nevadas, is a popu- lar summer resort. Pop. (1920) 1,685. .II— Cyo