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780 McDONOUGH MCDOWELL of butter, and 27,404 tons of hay. There were 11,402 horses, 20,866 cattle, 14,751 sheep, and 41,091 swine ; 5 manufactories of carriages, 5 of saddlery and harness, 6 flour mills, and 3 saw mills. Capital, Macomb. McDONOUGH, Thomas, an American naval of- ficer, born in New Castle co., Del., Dec. 23, 1783, died at sea, Nov. 16, 1825. He entered the navy as a midshipman in February, 1800, and in 1803 was attached to the frigate Phila- delphia, Capt. 'William Bainbridge, one of the squadron employed against Tripoli, under the command of Com. Edward Treble. On Aug. 26, 1803, the Philadelphia captured off Cape de Gatte, on the coast of Spain, the Moorish fri- gate Meshboa, and McDonough escaped the captivity which subsequently befell the offi- cers and crew of the Philadelphia by being left at Gibraltar with her prize. He afterward served in the schooner Enterprise, commanded by Decatur, participating in the various attacks made in 1804 upon the city and batteries of Tripoli, and was one of the party under Deca- tur which recaptured and destroyed the Phila- delphia on the night of Feb. 1 6, 1 804. In 1 807 he was promoted to the rank of^lieutenant, and in 1813 to that of master commandant. In 1814 he commanded a squadron on Lake Champlain, and on Sept. 11 of that year gained a victory over a British squadron command- ed by Commodore George Downie. (See CHAMPLAIN, LAKE.) For his services on this occasion McDonough was made captain, and received a gold medal from congress. Nu- merous civic honors were also bestowed upon him by different cities and towns, and the legislature of Vermont presented him with an estate upon Cumberland Head, which over- looks the scene of the engagement. His last command was that of the Mediterranean squad- ron, and he died on board a trading brig sent by government to bring him home. MeDOl'G ILL, Alexander, an American soldier, born in Scotland in 1731, died in New York, June 8, 1786. His father emigrated to New York about 1755, and followed the occupation of a milkman, in which he was assisted by his son. Subsequently the latter became a printer, and in 1770 was imprisoned for a libel on the colonial government. At the outbreak of the revolution, being known as a zealous and active whig, he joined the army, and rapidly rose to the rank of major general. He commanded in the action near White Plains (1776), and also participated in the battle of Germantown (1777). In 1781 he was elected a delegate to the continental congress. McDOWELL. I. The S. county of West Vir- ginia, bordering on Virginia, and drained by the Tug fork of Sandy river ; area, about 900 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 1,952. The S. and E. parts are mountainous. The chief productions in 1870 were 31,586 bushels of Indian corn, 3,615 of oats, 2,310 of Irish and 1,049 of sweet potatoes, 3,000 Ibs. of tobacco, 2,404 of wool, and 15,597 of butter. There were 189 horses, 1,251 cattle, 1,300 sheep, and 1,981 swine. Capital, Peerysville. II. A W. county of North Carolma; area, 550 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 7,592, of whom 1,772 were colored. The Black mountains are on its W. boundary, some of the summits of which are over 6,000 ft. high. The Catawba rises in these mountains. In the valleys the soil is generally fertile. The chief productions in 1870 were 11,955 bushels of wheat, 8,411 of rye, 176,364 of Indian corn, 11,580 of oats, 5,394 of Irish and 4,135 of sweet potatoes, 8,866 Ibs. of wool, and 18,254 of butter. There were 618 horses, 500 mules and asses, 1,348 milch cows, 2,092 other cattle, 3,054 sheep, and 6,552 swine. Capital, Marion. MeDOWELL, Irrin, an American soldier, born in Franklin co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1818. He at- tended for some time a military school in France, graduated at West Point in 1838, and from 1841 to 1845 was employed there in va- rious capacities. In the Mexican war he was brevetted captain for his conduct at the battle of Buena Vista, and was subsequently adju- tant general in Wool's division of the army of occupation. From 1848 to 1858 he was assis- tant adjutant general in various departments, and resumed his duties after a year's leave of absence in Europe. At the opening of the civil war he was stationed at Washington, engaged in organizing the troops there. He was ap- pointed brigadier general of the United States army, May 14, 1861, and was placed in com- mand of the department of N. E. Virginia, and on May 27 of the army of the Potomac. He commanded at the battle of Bull Run, July 21, and subsequently had charge of the defences of Washington until March 14, 1862, when he was made major general of volunteers, and placed in command of a corps of the army of the Potomac. He was engaged in the opera- tions in northern Virginia, took part in the pursuit of Gen. Jackson, and under Pope was present at the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 29, 30, 1862. In 1863-'4 he was president of the court for investigating cotton frauds and of the board for retiring disabled officers. From July, 1864, to June, 1865, he was in command of the department of the Pacific, and in the latter year was brevetted major general of the United States army. He was mustered out of the volunteer service Sept. 1, 1866, and has since commanded the departments of the East and of the South. MeDOWELL, Patrick, a British sculptor, born in Belfast, Ireland, Aug. 12, 1799, died Dec. 9, 1870. In his youth he was apprenticed to a coachmaker in London, who died when Mac- dowell was about 18 years old. He was then admitted to the studio of a French sculptor named Chenu, where he soon developed a taste for modelling. A design for a public monu- ment to Major Cartwright, the advocate of parliamentary reform, first brought him into notice; but a figure of "A Girl Reading," of which he executed a duplicate for the earl of Ellesmere, decided his reputation. He became