SAYLES, John, author, born in Vernon. Oneida County, New York, 9 March, 1825. His ancestor came to this country in the ship with Roger Williams, whose daughter he married. John was educated in his native town and at Hamilton college, and in 1844 removed to Georgia. He taught there and in Texas, and, having studied law in the mean time, was admitted to the bat' of Texas in 1846. He practised successfully at Brenham, and was a member of the legislature in 1853-'5. When the civil war began, he was made brigadier-general of Texan militia, and he was subsequently on the staff of General John B. Magruder. He was appointed special judge of the supreme court of Texas in l851, and in 1880 became one of the law faculty of Baylor university. He has published "A Treatise on the Practice {n the District and Supreme Courts of Texas" (l858); "Treatise on the Civil Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in the State of Texas" (1867); "Treatise on the, Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions in the Courts of Texas" (1872); "The Probate Laws of Texas" (1872); "Laws of Business and Form-Book" (1872); "Constitution of Texas with Notes" (1872); "Notes on Texan Reports" (1874); "The Masonic Jurisprudence of Texas, with Forms for the Use of Lodges and the Grand Lodge" (1879)" and " Revised Civil Statutes and Laws passed by the Legislature of Texas, with Notes" (St. Louis, 1888).