EAGLE, liEn. ORDER OF TII E. A Prussian Or der. founded in 1731 by the Margrave OelT.0 Frederick Charles of Bayreuth, as a reorganiza tion of the Ordre de la Sincerib% which had been instituted in the beginning of the century by the hereditary Prince of Bayreuth. After Passing through various modifications, the Order of the Red Eagle was raised in 1791 by Wil liam IL to the rank of second in the monarchy. All the Knights of the Black Engle were revolved into this new Order, and it was afterwards de creed that only those who had been decorated with the Red Eagle in the first instance could re ceive the Black. Ill 1810 two more classes were added to the Order, and in 1830 the second class was subdivided into two. The badge of it white Maltese cross with red eagles between the arms, in the centre a golden plaque with the cipher F.W.It. and the motto Sincire et eon stanter. The ribbon is white, with two orange
stripes.
EAGLE, .1.otEs Pnitn. 1837—). An Ameri can legislator, horn in Maury County, Tenn. lle served with distinction in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865, and had risen to the rank of lieutenant-colonel at the close of the war. In 1870 he became a minister of the Alissionary Baptist Church, in which capacity he served gratuitously. Ile was president of the Arkansas State Convention for twenty years (1878-98), and also served as chairman of its executive board. Entering political life in 1872, he became a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of Arkansas (1875), and after serving for several terms in the State Legislature. was elected Speaker in 1885. lie was Governor of Arkansas front 1889 to 1892.