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 GRISSEII GRITTI 261 GRISSEII, or Orissee, a town of Java, 12 m. N. W. of the city of Surabaya, on the strait of Madura ; pop. not stated, though believed to be numerous, and mainly consisting of Java- nese and Chinese. The principal nouses ex- tend along the shore and are shaded by tama- rind trees, and many of the residents are scat- tered over a large distance inland, but in a much less healthy locality. The finest build- ings are a Chinese temple and the dwelling of the Dutch resident. The roadstead is the safest on that part of the Javanese coast, and ship building is actively carried on. Salt and saltpetre abound in the vicinity. It is one of the most ancient towns of Java ; and here Mo- hammedanism was first firmly established. GRISWOLD, Alexander Viets, a bishop of the 'rotestant Episcopal church in the United States, born in Simsbury, Conn., April 22, 1766, died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 15, 1843. lis early education was mainly derived from uncle, the Rev. Roger Viets, rector of the Episcopal church in Simsbury. Mr. Viets du- ing the revolution sided with the royalists, id removed to Nova Scotia in 1787; but he unable to persuade his nephew to go with , After some hesitation between law and livinity, Mr. Griswold was ordained June 3, L795. He entered at once upon a large field )f labor, including East Plymouth, Harwinton, Northfield, at the same time teaching a listrict school. In 1804 he accepted a call to Bristol, R. L, where he labored with much iccess. On the formation in 1810 of what ras called the Eastern diocese, composed of Tew Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Dr. Griswold was elected op. At first he declined, not deeming him- qualified for the office; but his scruples ing been removed, he was consecrated by ishop White, May 29, 1811. He continued hold the rectorship of the church in Bristol 1 1830, when he removed to Salem, Mass. On Bishop White's death in 1836, he became presiding bishop. In June, 1838, the Rev. Dr. Alonzo Potter was elected his assistant, but declined. Dr. Eastburn of New York was elected in 1842, and his consecration, Dec. 29, was Bishop Griswold's last public act. He was highly esteemed for his meekness, soundness of judgment, and gentle, courteous demeanor. His publications were mostly sermons ad- Iressed to conventions of the church, and a volume of " Sermons on the most important ~ )ctrines and Duties of the Christian Religion " 3vo, 1830). A "Life" of Bishop Griswold was written by the Rev. J. S. Stone, D. D. GRISWOLD, Rnfus Wilmot, an American au- lor, born in Benson, Rutland co., Vt., Feb. 15, 1815, died in New York, Aug. 27, 1857. A great part of his early life was spent in roaming about the world. He had learned the printing trade, which he followed for some time, and afterward studied divinity and became a Bap- tist preacher. He soon became associated in the editorship of literary periodicals in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, among which were the "New Yorker," "Brother Jonathan," and "New World." In 1841 he published a volume of poems and one of sermons, the for- mer anonymously. In 1842 and 1843 he edited " Graham's Magazine " in Philadelphia, and in 1850 he projected the "International Maga- zine," published in New York, and edited by him till April, 1852. The works by which he is chiefly known are collections of specimens from American authors, accompanied by memoirs and critical remarks. The first of these was the " Poets and Poetry of America " (Philadelphia, 1842; 17th ed., 1856). It was followed by the "Prose Writers of America" (Philadelphia, 1846 ; 4th ed., 1856), and by the " Female Poets of America" (Philadelphia, 1849; 5th ed., 1857; new ed. by R. H. Stoddard, 1874). Mr. Griswold also edited the " Sacred Poets of Eng- land and America " (1849), and the " Poets and Poetry of England in the Nineteenth Century " (4th ed., 1854). His other principal publica- tions are " Curiosities of American Literature," published as an appendix to Disraeli's " Curiosi- ties of Literature;" two series of biographies, "Washington and the Generals of the American Revolution," in conjunction with W. G. Simms, E. D. Ingraham, and others (2 vols., 1847), and "Napoleon and the Marshals of the Empire," in conjunction with H. B. Wallace (2 vols., 1847); and "The Republican Court, or Ameri- can Society in the Days of Washington " (New York, 1854). GRITTL I. Andrea, doge of Venice, born in 1454, died Dec. 28, 1538. During the war against the league of Cambrai he led the armies of the republic against the imperialists, whom he at first defeated and drove out of Padua and Vicenza. In 1512 he regained Brescia and Bergamo from the French, but was shortly after defeated and made prisoner by Gaston de Foix, who took him to Paris. During his imprisonment he formed an alliance between France and the Venetian republic, and on his return to Venice he cooperated with French troops in driving the imperialists out of Brescia and overrunning the kingdom of Naples. In May, 1523, he was elected doge, and filled that office until his death. II. Lnigi, an adven- turer in the service of the Turks, son of the preceding by a Turkish slave, born in Constan- tinople in 1501, while his father was ambas- sador there, died in Transylvania, Sept. 28, 1534. He was educated at Padua, but finding no honorable employment open to him in Italy, he went'to Constantinople, ingratiated himself with the grand vizier, and became a favorite with Solyman II., who intrusted him with di- plomatic missions to various nations. He per- suaded his master to support the claims of John Zapolya to the throne of Hungary, and took part in the attack on Vienna in 1529. After the coronation of Zapolya at Buda, Gritti was appointed governor general of Hungary, but abused his power by a bloody persecution of his enemies. The murder of the vicar of the