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 248 GREIFSWALD 1859 ; 2d ed., 1863). His life, written in Latin by Odo, abbot of Cluny, in the 10th century, is given by Baillet in his Vies des saints. GBEIFSWALD, or Greifswalde, a town of Po- merania, Prussia, on the river Ryck, 3 in. from the sea and 20 m. S. E. of Stralsund; pop. in 1871, 17,208. It was once a place of con- siderable strength, and is still surrounded by a wall, which has been converted into a prom- enade. It contains a university founded in 1456, which in 1873 had 57 professors and 537 students. Connected with the university is an academy of political economy and agriculture at Eldena. There are also several high schools. The town has manufactories of pins, soap, can- dles, tobacco, and leather. Greifswald was founded in the 13th century, soon became flourishing, and was conspicuous as a member of the Hanse league. In the thirty years' war it was taken from Bogislas, duke of Pomerania, by the imperialists under Wallenstein, and soon after (1631) by the Swedes, who were con- firmed in its possession by the peace of West- phalia. It afterward often changed masters, being finally annexed to Prussia in 1815. GREINER, John, an American journalist, born in Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1810, died in Toledo, O., May 13, 1871. He early became promi- nent in Ohio as a whig politician, and in the presidential canvass of 1840 wrote " Old Zip Coon," "The Wagoner Boy," and other popu- lar electioneering songs. He was also distin- guished as a temperance lecturer. He was state librarian of Ohio from 1845 to 1851, when he was appointed Indian agent for New Mexico, and in 1852 was governor of that ter- ritory. He was afterward successively local editor of the "Ohio State Journal," and editor and proprietor of the Columbus " Gazette " and the Zanesville "Times." In 1861 he was appointed receiver of the land office at Santa Fe, and in 1862 sub-treasurer there, which office he held till 1866. GREIZ, a town of Germany, capital of the senior princes of Reuss, on the right bank of the White Elster, near the Saxon border, 49 m. S. S. W. of Leipsic ; pop. in 1871, 11,582. It contains an imposing chateau, with a summer palace, an ancient castle on the adjoining Fels- berg, several churches, and a new town hall. Woollen and half-woollen goods (employing 3,000 looms) and many other articles are made here, and about 70 manufacturers of Greiz at- tend the annual fairs at Leipsic. GRELLET, Stephen, a Quaker missionary, born in France in 1773, died in Burlington, N. J., Nov. 16, 1855. He was originally a Catholic, and was educated at the military college of Lyons. At the age of 17 he entered the body guard of Lonis XVI., after whose execution he escaped to Demerara. In 1795 he went to New York, where, chancing to attend a Qua- ker meeting, he determined to join that soci- ety. In the following winter he removed to Philadelphia, and during the prevalence of the yellow fever there in 1798 he ministered to GRENADA the sick, the dying, and the afflicted. In 1799 he removed to New York and engaged in mer- cantile business. Becoming impressed that it was his duty to go forth as a missionary, he made a tour into the southern states in 1800, and in 1801 into New England and Canada. In 1807 he visited the south of France, and in 1812 travelled in England and Germany. In 1816 he preached to the inhabitants of Hayti, and in 1818 and the two following years he travelled through Norway, Sweden, Russia, Greece, and Italy, having an audience of the czar, and preaching before the pope. He re- turned to New York in 1820, and again travel- led through Europe from 1831 to 1834, when he retired to Burlington. See " Memoirs of Stephen Grellet," edited by B. Seebohm (Phil- adelphia, 1868). GRENADA, a British colony and island in the West Indies, the most southerly of what are called the Caribbee islands, between lat. 11 58' and 12 20' N., and Ion. 61 40' and 61 55' W., about 90 m. from the nearest part of South America ; length from N. to S. about 24 m., greatest breadth 12 m. ; area, 133 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 37,684, about one tenth of whom were whites. A range of mountains, whose highest peak, Mt. St. Catharine, is 3,200 ft. above the sea, traverses the whole length of the island, with outliers of less elevation. Numer- ous small rivers rise in these mountains, the principal of which are the Great Bucolet, Du- quesne, Antoine, St. John's, and Beau Sejour. In the centre of the island, and 1,700 ft. above the sea, is a circular lake 2 m. in circumfer- ence. The island is divided into six districts called parishes. The capital, St. George (pop. 5,000), is on the S. W. coast, near a large and strongly fortified bay, which is capable of giving shelter to a large fleet of first class ves- sels. It is nearly landlocked, and steamers of 1,800 tons can lie alongside the wharves. This port is a coal depot and central station for the British West India mail steamers. Grenada is governed by a lieutenant governor, a council of 12 members, and a legislative assembly of 17. The revenue in 1870 was 23,106, the expenditure 20,824 ; the public debt in 1869 was 7,000. The imports in 1870 were in value 104,475, and the exports 127,184. The staple products of the island are sugar, rum, molasses, and cacao of a superior quality. Among the minor articles of export are yams, charcoal, and arrowroot. The Grenadines are four small islands in the vicinity of Grenada, the largest of which, Carriacou, is 7 m. long and 2 m. broad ; total pop. 3,000. Grenada was discovered by Columbus in 1498, and was at that time peopled by the fierce and warlike Caribs. In 1650 the first European settlement was made by Du Parquet, the French governor" of Martinique, who landed with 200 followers, and speedily conquered the island and massa- cred the natives. In 1762 it was conquered by the British, from whom it was retaken by the French in 1779, and by them restored to Great