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CORBIE STEPS. 406 CORDA. gables of old houses are everywhere ornamented in Scotland. This gable ornament is by no means peculiar to Scotland and France, but is met with in Flanders, Holland, and all over Germany, where it is even more characteristic and general, especially in the brick architecture of North Ger- many — both of chiax-hes and of houses. COR'BIN", Henry Clark (1842—). An Ameri- can soldier, born in Clermount County, Ohio. In 18G2 he entered the V'nion Army as a lieutenant in the Eighty-third Ohio Volunteers, but in the following month was ti'ansferred to the Seventy- ninth Kegiment. He was major of the Fourteenth United States colored troops in 1803. lieutenant- colonel in 1804, and colonel in 1S05, and re- mained with the Army of the Cumberland until the close of the war, when he was brevetted briga- dier-general of volunteers. In 1860 he entered the regular army as a second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Infantry, and became captain in the Thirty-eighth Infantry in the same year. He was brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel. 1". S. A., for gallantry at Decatur, Ala., and Nash- ville, Tenn., respectively ( 1807 ) . Subsequently he was engaged in military duty in the far West. He was appointed major and assistant adjutant-general in 1880, lieuten- ant-colonel in 1880, and colonel in 1896. After a term of service at the Adjutant-Gen- eral's office in Washington, and on Governor's Island as chief of staff in the Depai-fment of the East, he was appointed Adjutant-General of the army in 1894. During the war in Cuba he was involved in the criticism of the War Department, but in the reorganization of the army it was con- sidered that he displayed industry and abil- ity, and in 1900 he was, by special act of Con- gress, promoted major-general and adjutant- general, "this grade to c.pire with the termina- tion of office of the present inciuubent." CORBOULD, kor'bold, Edw.a.ud He.nry (1815 ) . An English painter, born in London. When only nineteen he painted "The Fall of Phae- thon from the Chariot of the Sun." for which he received a gold medal from the Society of Arts. Since then lie has ]iroduced a great number of large pictures. In 1851 he was ajipointed instruc- tor of historical painting to the royal family, and as such he continued rmtil 1872. He excels in pageants and chivalric subjects. Some of his well-known pictures are Greek Chariot-Race," "Lady Godiva," "HSloise," and "Canterbury Pil- grims." COR'BULO, Gn.1!us Domitius ( ?-c.67 A.n,). A Roman general under Claudius and Nero ; brother of Ca^sonia, the wife of the Emperor Caligula. He eommanded a successful campaign against the Partliians ider Tiridates, but ex- cited the jealousy of Nero, who gave orders for his execution. Upon hearing the Emperor's or- ders, Corhulo committed suicide. His account of his experience in Asia, which is mentioned by the Elder Pliny, has been lost. CORCHORUS, kor'ko-rus (Neo-Lat.,from 6k. KbpXopot, lorclioros, a wild plant of bitter taste) . A genus of plants of the natural order Tiliaceae, containing about thirty species, both slirubby and herbaceous, uativcs of the warm part,s of the globe. Corvhorvs olitoriiis is widely diffused in tropical countries, and is supposed to be a native of Asia and Africa, and introduced into America. It is an annual, with a smooth, more or less liranching stem, varying in height from 2 to 1-t feet or upward, according to soil and climate. It has smooth, stalked, alternate, ov.al, or ovate- lanceolate leaves, and small yellow tlowers, soli- tary or in pairs. It is much used as a pot-herb, and is called .Tews' mallow, from being much cul- tivated by .lews in Syria and other parts of the East. It is still more valuable for the fibre of its inner bark, as is also Curchunis caijsuhii-is, a species very similar, but distinguished by its capsule, which is short, glo1)ular, aiul wrinkled in Corchoriis cnpsularis, and elongated and slender in Corcliorus olitorius. Both are much cultivated ia India, yielding the greater part of the jute (q.v.) of commerce, and of the fil^re emi)loyed in making gunny bags (q.v.). Corcliorus capsuhiris, being extensively cultivated in China, is some- times called Cliinese hemp. Corcliorus silrjuosiis is a small American shrub, occurring from the West Indies southward. It is of little value. In Panama an infusion of its leaves is used instead of tea. COR'CORAN, Michael (1827-63). An American soldier. He was born at Carrowkeel, Ireland, emigrated to the United States in 1849, enlisted in the Federal Army at the beginning of the Civil War, and was taken prisoner at the first battle of Bull Run. Ljion his exchange, he was commissioned brigadier-general in 1802, and organized the Corcoran Legion, which in 1863 checked the Confederate advance on Norfolk and was subsequently attached to the Army of the Potomac. He died as the result of a fall from his horse. CORCORAN, WiLLiAji WiLsox (1798-1888). An American financier and philanthropist, Ixirn in Georgetown. D. C. He studied for a time at Georgetown College ; became an exchange broker in Washington, and in 1840 formed a partnership with George W. Riggs. At the time of the !Mexi- can War he took a large part of the Government loans, and financiered them so skillfully as to lay the foundation of an immense fortune, which he used with lilierality and munificence. He was the founder of the Louise Home for impoverished gentlewomen, the Oak Hill Cemetery at George- town, and the Corcoran Art Gallery, and made many lilieral gifts to colleges and benevolent asso- ciations. CORCORAN ART GALLERY. A collection of works of art, presented to the city of Wash- ington, D. C, and heavily endowed by William Wilson Corcoran. The beautiful white marble edifice in Neo-Greek style, in which it is now lodged, was erected by Ernest Flagg in 1894-97. Besides the collections of paintings, sculptures, and ceramics, the building contains a school of art. Among the sculptures the famous "Greek Slave," by Powers, and the "Last Days of Na- poleon L," by Vela, are especially noteworthy. CORCOVODA, kor'kA-vcVDa (probably Peru- vian in origin). A crane-like bird (Psophia Irii- coptcra) of Peru and the upper Amazon, closely related to the trumpeter (q.v.). It is domesti- cated and has some curious and friendly habits, described at length in American Museum of Natu- ral History Bulletin, vol. ii. (New York, 1887-90). CORCY'RA. See Corfu. COR'DA, AxT.rsT .Josef (1809-49). An Aus- trian botanist, born in Reichenberg. Bohemia. At the age of twenty he published his Monographia