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 328 ALLEMAND ALLEN and became rector of Batcorabe in Somerset- shire. He was a rigid puritan, and assisted the commissioners appointed by parliament to purify the church of " scandalous ministers." He was deprived of his rectory after the restoration as a nonconformist, but continued to preach in a private house. Although often censured for so doing, his virtues shielded him from any sever- ity on the part of the authorities. ALLEMAND, Zaeharie Jacques Theodore, count, a French vice admiral, born at Port Louis (island of Mauritius) in 1762, died at Toulon, March 2, 1826. He entered the navy at the age of 12, was one of the first chevaliers of the legion of honor, and was soon after its formation raised to the rank of officer. In various cruises he inflicted immense losses upon English commerce. In 1809 he commanded the squadrons of Brest, Toulon, and Rochefort, in the capacity of vice admiral. The fleet was anchored in the Basque roads (between the islands of Aix and Ole'ron), when on April 11 Lord Cochrane attacked it with 50 fire ships and several infernal machines invented by Col. Congreve. Allemand saved all but four of his vessels, and the success of the Eng- lish was very slight, compared to the immense cost of the expedition. ALLEN. I. A S. county of Kentucky, bor- dering on Tennessee, bounded N. E. by Big Barren river, and intersected by Trammel's creek; area, 800 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 10,296, of whom 1,104 were colored. There are sev- eral caves and salt springs in the county. The surface is level and the soil moderately fertile. The productions in 1870 were 55,844 bushels of wheat, 390,883 of corn, 96,647 of oats, 747,489 Ibs. of tobacco, 133,487 of butter, and 23,635 gallons of sorghum molasses. Capital, Scotts- ville. II. A W. N. W. county of Ohio, inter- sected by the Auglaize and Ottawa rivers and Riley and Sugar creeks ; area, 405 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 23,623. It has a fertile soil, with a surface generally level and abounding in hard- wood timber. The productions in 1870 were 815,164 bushels of wheat, 21,671 of rye, 209,- 269 of oats, 374,017 of corn, 92,035 Ibs. of flax, 125,897 of wool, 466,482 of butter, and 21,173 tons of hay. Several railroads and the Miami canal pass through it. Capital, Lima. III. An E. N. E. county of Indiana, on the Ohio line; area, 638 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 43,494. It is nearly level, with a fruitful soil, and well watered by the St. Joseph and St. Mary rivers, which unite at Fort Wayne and form the Mau- mee river. It is well wooded with oak, hick- ory, beech, maple, and other trees. The Wa- bash and Erie canal passes through the county, which is also intersected by numerous lines of railroad. The productions in 1870 were 432,- 752 bushels of wheat, 273,344 of corn, 212,944 of oats, 100,930 of potatoes, 106,778 Ibs. of wool, 543,322 of butter, and 28,377 tons of hay. Capital, Fort Wayne. IV. A new county in S. E. Kansas; area, 504 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 7,022. The Neosho river flows through the W. portion of the county. Coal is found, and stock-raising is extensively pursued. The county has railroad communication with Junc- tion City on the Kansas Pacific road, and also with Lawrence. The productions in 1870 were 27,734 bushels of wheat, 187,225 of corn, 115,- 708 of oats, 23,333 of potatoes, and 90,588 Ibs. of butter. There were 29 schools, 3 news* papers, and 12 manufacturing establishments. Capital, lola. ALLEN, Bog of. See Boo. ALLEN, Ethan, an American revolutionary partisan, born in Connecticut in 1739, died in Burlington, Vt., Feb. 13, 1789. About 1763 he settled, with four younger brothers, in the township of Bennington, Vt. Previous to the revolution there existed a dispute between the colonies of New York and New Hampshire relative to their boundaries, and the debatable land included the whole of the present state of Vermont, then called the New Hampshire grants. Ethan Allen first became conspicuous in the controversy which grew out of the at- tempt to enforce New York law. Actions of ejectment being brought against those who held land under grants from New Hampshire, Allen was selected in 1770 as agent to repre- sent the settlers in the litigation at Albany. The decision was adverse to them, and they resolved to resist. They adopted Allen's own phrase, " The gods of the valleys are not the gods of the hills." The New York authorities were everywhere set at defiance. Allen was made colonel of an armed force which not only protected the New Hampshire grantees, but removed the New York settlers. Governor Tryon of New York proclaimed a reward of 150 for his arrest. This state of affairs re- mained unaltered till the revolution, New York maintaining her hostile attitude, and the Ver- monters the possession of their farms. In 1775, when war with the mother country had become inevitable, the occupation of Ticonde- roga was determined on, and the task was con- fided to Allen, who set out at once at the head of his "Green Mountain Boys," reaching Cas- tleton May 7, 1775. A party was also detached under Capt- Herrick toward Skenesborough, and another under Capt. Douglass to Panton in the vicinity of Crown Point. On the morn- ing of May 10 Allen, who had previously been joined by Arnold, surprised Ticonderoga, sum- moning Capt. Delaplace, who commanded the post, to surrender " in the name of the great Jehovah and the continental congress." By this coup de main, 2 officers, 48 rank and file, 120 pieces of artillery, and a large quantity of small arms, were captured, and the command of the Green mountains was wrested from the English. . Only 80 Americans were present at the capture. The other enterprises were equally successful, Skenesborough and Crown Point being also captured. A dispute ensued between Arnold and Allen relative to the com- mand, which the latter maintained until he was relieved by the arrival of the Connecticut regi-