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 100 GONZAGA (1874) is the marquis Guerrieri-Gonzaga, the largest land owner in the district of Gonzaga. A pretender to the dominion over Mantua appeared in 1841, in a person styling him- self Alessandro di Gonzaga, Prince Castiglione. He was a soldier of fortune, born in Dresden in 1799, and is described by some authorities as a Pole of the name of Murzynowski, and by others as a son of a Russian officer of Ital- ian origin, and again as a son or brother of a French officer named Gonzague ; and he was successively engaged in the French, Russian, and Spanish armies, and in the Polish revo- lution of 1830-'31. In the latter part of his life he was arrested in Paris for selling decora- tions, and on being released after two years by Louis Napoleon, he went to London and died in 1869. He published Odes patriotiques, and several pamphlets and novels. GONZAGA, Lnlgi (Sx. ALOYSIUS), a saint of the Roman Catholic church, born in the castle of Castiglione, near Brescia, March 9, 1568, died in Rome, June 21, 1591. He was educated at the courts of Florence, Mantua, and Spain, en- tered the society of Jesus in 1585, renouncing the marquisate of Castiglione in favor of his brother, and went in 1591 by order of the pope to settle the rival claims of the duke of Mantua and of his own brother to the lands of Solferino. Coming back to Rome, he found the city de- vastated by the plague, devoted himself to the sick, and was stricken down by the epidemic. He was beatified by Gregory XV. in 1621, and canonized in 1726 by Benedict XIII., who de- clared him the patron saint of colleges. His feast is celebrated on June 21. His life has been written in Italian by the Jesuit Cepari, and in French by Dorlfians. GONZAGA, Thomas Antonio Costa de, a Brazilian poet, called the Portuguese Anacreon, born in Porto in 1747, died in Mozambique in 1793. After studying in the university of Coimbra, Portugal, he returned in 1768 to Brazil to enter on an official career. In 1788, when he was about to be married, he became involved in a conspiracy, and was condemned to perpetual exile in an island on the coast of eastern Africa, which was commuted to ten years' banishment to Mozambique. He was attacked by fever soon after reaching Africa, from which he re- covered only to fall into madness. The most interesting of his poems were composed du- ring his captivity. They are popular alike in Hr.i/il and Portugal, and have been often re- printed. In grace, tenderness, purity of style, and harmony of verse, he ranks among the tir>t Portuguese poets. GONZALES, a S. county of Texas, intersected by the Guadalupe river; area, 1,026 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 8,951, of whom 3,670 were col- ored. It has an undulating surface, about one third of which is covered with ash, oak, and other timber. The soil is fertile, consisting hi. lly of a black loam. There are rich de- pesits of coal and iron. Guadalupe college is at the county seat. The chief productions in GOODALL 1870 were 203,591 bushels of Indian corn, 28,- 932 of sweet potatoes, and 2,174 bales of cot- ton. There were 8,977 horses, 8,833 milch cows, 77,567 other cattle, 5,790 sheep, and 22,- 153 swine. Capital, Gonzales. GOOCHLAND, an E. county of Virginia, bound- ed S. by James river ; area, 260 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 10,313 of whom 6,601 were colored. The surface is undulating, and the soil, watered by numerous creeks, was formerly very fertile. Bituminous coal is found in abundance, and a little gold has been discovered. It is traversed by the James River canal. The chief produc- tions in 1870 were 76,177 bushels of wheat, 101,402 of Indian corn, 72,630 of oats, and 405,215 Ibs. of tobacco. There were 670 horses, 2,727 cattle, 3,231 swine, and 16 flour mills. Capital, Goochland. GOOD, John Mason, an English physician and author, born at Epping, Essex, May 25, 1764, died in January, 1827. He began his med- ical education as apprentice to a surgeon at Gosport, afterward studied at Guy's hospital, and in 1784 commenced practice as a surgeon at Sudbury. He removed to London in 1793, and gained in time a large professional con- nection. In 1810 he delivered a course of lectures at the Surrey institute, which were afterward published under the title of "The Book df Nature." In 1812 he edited the "Letters of Junius," comprising not only the acknowledged productions of that .writer, but also more than 100 letters and papers of doubtful authenticity. He was an accomplish- ed linguist, and contributed largely to peri- odicals. His principal works are : " Maria, an Elegiac Ode" (1786); "Diseases of Pris- ons and Poorhouses" (1795); "History of Medicine as far as it relates to the Profession of an Apothecary " (1795) ; " Parish Work- houses" (1798, 1805); "Song of Songs, or Sacred Idyls, translated from the Hebrew, with Notes" (1803); "Triumph of Britain, an Ode" (1803); "Memoirs of Alexander Geddes" (1803); "The Nature of Things," a translation from Lucretius, with notes (2 vols. 4to, 1805-7) ; " Essay on Medical Tech- nology " (1810) ; " The Book of Job, literally translated from the Hebrew," with notes and a dissertation (1812); "Physiological System of Nosology" (1817); "Pantalogia, or En- cyclopaedia comprising a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature," in conjunction with Olinthus Gregory and Newton Bosworth, published periodically, and completed in 12 vols. in 1813; "The Study of Medicine " (4 vols., 1822) ; and " The Book of Nature " (3 vols., 1826). His life was writ- ten by Dr. Gregory (London, 1828). GOODALL. I. Edward, an English engraver, born in Leeds in September, 1795, died April 11, 1870. He is known by his engravings from Turner's pictures, in which the artist's characteristics are reproduced with great fidel- ity. Of his smaller works, the illustrations in Rogers's " Italy " are best known. His large