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 688 SCHUYLER SCHWAB strenuously the increase of the national cur- rency. Among his more celebrated speech- es are: "The Irrepressible Conflict" (1858); " The Doom of Slavery " (1860) ; " The Aboli- tion of Slavery as a War Measure" (1862); and " Eulogy on Charles Sumner" (1874). A volume of his speeches was published in 1865 (12mo, Philadelphia). SCHITLER. I. A S. W. county of New York ; area, 352 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 18,989. The southern portion of Seneca lake, and Little, Mud, and other small lakes, are within its bor- ders. It is traversed by the Chemung and Elmira, Jefferson, and Canandaigua railroad and the Chemung canal. The surface is hilly and the soil fertile. The chief productions in 1870 were 238,803 bushels of wheat, 21,408 of rye, 178,074 of Indian corn, 520,160 of oats, 269,945 of barley.118,986 of buckwheat, 42,410 tons of hay, 221,749 Ibs. of wool, 853,374 of butter, 40,579 of cheese, and 32,374 of honey. There were 5,665 horses, 7,440 milch cows, 6,471 other cattle, 40,237 sheep, and 8,515 swine ; 5 manufactories of agricultural imple- ments, 10 of carriages and wagons, 6 of coop- erage, 1 of hinges, 3 of iron castings, 2 of marble work, 1 of machinery, 1 of malt, 12 of saddlery and harness, 1 of stone and earth- en ware, 3 of woollen goods, 9 tanneries, 9 flour mills, and 10 saw mills. Capital, Havana. Hi A W. county of Illinois, bordered S. E. by the Illinois river and S. W. by Crooked creek ; area, 420 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 17,419. The surface is undulating and the soil excellent. The chief productions in 1870 were 221,945 bushels of wheat, 20,841 of rye, 440,975 of Indian corn, 119,359 of oats, 13,361 tons of hay, 4,866 Ibs. of tobacco, 52,532 of wool, 213,030 of butter, 13,045 of honey, and 35,144 gallons of sorghum molasses. There were 6,479 horses, 4,192 milch cows, 8,441 other cattle, 15,419 sheep, and 23,357 swine; 7 man- ufactories of carriages and wagons, 1 of wool- len goods, and 12 saw mills. A branch of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad en- ters it. Capital, Rushvillo. III. A N. E. coun- ty of Missouri, bordering on Iowa, bounded W. by Chariton river and drained by the N. fork of Salt river and the head streams of Fa- bius river ; area, 324 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 8,820. It is traversed by the Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska, and the St. Louis, Kansas City, and Northern railroads. The soil is rich, and the surface diversified by woodland and prai- rie. The chief productions in 1870 were 49,- 727 bushels of wheat, 279,460 of Indian corn, 125,442 of oats, 6,313 tons of hay, 22,094 Ibs. of tobacco, 47,717 of wool, 129,451 of but- ter, 14,359 of honey, and 19,755 gallons of sorghum molasses. There were 3,686 horses, 1,002 mules and asses, 3,206 milch cows, 4,185 other cattle, 15,961 sheep, and 11,928 swine; 1 flour mill, and 8 saw mills. Capital, Lancaster. Sdll LKK, Philip, an American general, born in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1733, died there, Nov. 18, 1804. He inherited, according to the law of primogeniture, the whole of his father's estate, but divided it equally among his broth- ers and sisters. He entered the army in 1755, and accompanied Sir William Johnson to Fort Edward and Lake George. After the peace he was a member of the colonial assembly of New York. In 1775 he was a delegate to the con- tinental congress, which appointed him a major general and placed him in command of the army in New York and the preparations for an expedition against Canada ; but he was taken sick, and the command devolved upon Mont- gomery. He subsequently conducted the ope- rations against Burgoyne, but after St. Glair's evacuation of Ticonderoga suspicions against Schuyler caused him to be superseded by Gates. His conduct was afterward fully ap- proved by a court of inquiry, but he refused to resume command, though continuing to render important services in the military operations in New York. He was a member of the conti- nental congress from 1778 to 1781, and United States senator from 1789 to 1791, and was again appointed to that office in 1797, but did not serve. See " Life and Times of Philip Schuyler," by Benson J. Lossing (2 vols. 12mo, New'York, 1860-'62; enlarged ed., 1872). M HIM. KILL, a river of E. Pennsylvania, ri- sing in the carboniferous highlands of Schuyl- kill co. aud flowing S. E. into the Delaware river at Philadelphia; length, 120 m. It has slack-water navigation to Port Carbon, 3 m. above Pottsville. The tide ascends to Fair- mount dam in Philadelphia. SCHUYLKILL, an E. county of Pennsylvania, drained by the Schuylkill river, bounded S. E. by Kittatinny or Blue mountain, and trav- ersed by the Broad, Sharp, and Mahanoy moun- tains; area, 750 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 116,428. The surface is very mountainous, and the soil except along the streams generally poor. An- thracite coal and iron are extensively mined; the production of the former in 1870 was 3,860,144 tons, valued at $10,289,043. Sev- eral railroads pass through it. The chief agricultural productions in 1870 were 115,831 bushels of wheat, 86,410 of rye, 267,560 of Indian corn, 288,356 of oats, 234,374 of po- tatoes, 33,154 tons of hay, 6,685 Ibs. of wool, and 883,495 of butter. There were 3,712 horses, 5,883 milch cows, 5,255 other cattle, 8,100 sheep, and 10,831 swine; 4 manufac- tories of forged and rolled iron, 4 of pig iron, 23 of castings, 15 of tanned and 11 of curried leather, 22 of machinery, 47 flour mills, and 21 saw mills. Capital, Pottsville. SCHWAB, Gnstar, a German poet, born in Stuttgart, June 19, 1792, died there, Nov. 4, 1850. He studied in Tubingen, where he was tutor in the theological seminary till 1817, when he became professor of ancient litera- ture in the upper gymnasium of Stuttgart. From 1837 to 1845 he was a clergyman near and in Stuttgart, and subsequently he became chief councillor of studies and of the evangel- ical consistory. His Swabian romances and