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 WARREN 461 other cattle, 19,710 sheep, and 32,836 swine ; 9 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 2 of malt, 5 saw mills, and 9 flour mills. Capital, Lebanon. XI. A W. county of Indiana, border- ing on Illinois and bounded S. E. by the Wa- bash river ; area, 3GO sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 10,- 204. About half of the county is occupied by Grand prairie, the rest is undulating, and the soil is very fertile. The Wabash and Erie canal, and the Toledo, "VV abash, and Western railroad pass through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 142,342 bushels of wheat, 442,874 of Indian corn, 122,153 of oats, 27,093 of pota- toes, 107,505 Ibs. of butter, 46,653 of wool, and 16,195 tons of hay. There were 4,126 horses, 2,557 milch cows, 10,093 other cattle, 13,006 sheep, and 14,746 swine. Capital, Wil- liamsport. XII. A W. county of Illinois, drained by Henderson river and several smaller streams ; area, 540 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 23,174. The surface is level and the soil highly fertile. Bi- tuminous coal and limestone abound. It is in- tersected by the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, and the Rockford, Rock Island, and St. Louis railroads. The chief productions in 1870 were 192,002 bushels of wheat, 72,212 of rye, 2,982,853 of Indian corn, 601,054 of oats, 85,152 of potatoes, 420,268 Ibs. of butter, 52,718 of wool, and 36,037 tons of hay. There were 14,230 horses, 1,215 mules and asses, 8,- 358 milch cows, 16,679 other cattle, 12,735 sheep, and 52,191 swine; 3 manufactories of agricultural implements, 15 of carriages and wagons, 3 of iron castings, 5 flour mills, and 2 saw mills. Capital, Monmouth. XIII. A S. county of Iowa, intersected by South, Middle, and North rivers, and drained by several other tributaries of the Des Moines, which crosses the N. E. corner; area, 482 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 17,980. It has a diversified surface of prairie and woodland, and the soil is very fer- tile. Bituminous coal is abundant. A branch of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific rail- road from Des Moines terminates at the county seat. The chief productions in 1870 were 406,472 bushels of wheat, 1,925,914 of Indian corn, 169,217 of oats, 114,885 of potatoes, 382,- 568 Ibs. of butter, 74,957 of wool, and 24,517 tons of hay. There were 7,830 horses, 5,660 milch cows, 9,826 other cattle, 24,569 sheep, and 31,582 swine ; 2 flour mills, 21 saw mills, and 1 woollen mill. Capital, Indianola. XIV. An E. county of Missouri, bounded S. by the Missouri river ; area, 350 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 9,673, of whom 741 were colored. It has a varied surface, and the soil, especially along the river, is extremely fertile. Limestone and sandstone of excellent quality abound. The St. Louis, Kansas City, and Northern railroad passes through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 252,187 bushels of wheat, 729,010 of Indian corn, 415,375 of oats, 55,373 of po- tatoes, 209,662 Ibs. of butter, 32,475 of wool, 296,745 of tobacco, and 3,948 tons of hay. There were 3,567 horses, 3,528 milch cows, 4,- 233 other cattle, 8,016 sheep, and 21,990 swine ; 10 manufactories of furniture, 8 flour mills, and 4 saw mills. Capital, Warrenton. WARREN. I. James, an American patriot, born in Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 28, 1726, died there, Nov. 27, 1808. He graduated at Har- vard college in 1745, and became a merchant. In 1757 he was appointed high sheriff. He was a member of the general court in 1766, and during the revolution speaker of the house of representatives. In 1772 he proposed the establishment of committees of correspondence in the colony, a measure generally adopted. II. Mercy, an American authoress, wife of the pre- ceding, born in Barnstable, Mass., Sept. 25, 1728, died in Plymouth, Oct. 19, 1814. She was the sister of James Otis, the patriot and orator, and was married at the age of 26. She corresponded with the two Adamses, Jefferson, and other distinguished patriots, who were ac- customed to consult her on momentous occa- sions. Her earliest productions were political satires in a dramatic form, and in 1790 she published a volume of poems, including two tragedies, entitled " The Sack of Rome " and " The Ladies of Castile." Her most important work, however, was a " History of the Ameri- can Revolution " (3 vols. 8vo, Boston, 1805), prepared from notes taken during the war. WARREN, Sir John Borlase, an English admiral, born at Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, in 1754, died in Greenwich, Feb. 27, 1822. He was a midshipman on the Alderney sloop of war for some time in the North sea, and afterward studied at Cambridge. In 1774 he entered parliament, and in 1775 was created a baronet. When the American war began, he became a lieutenant in the Nonsuch, and in 1779 com- mander of the Helena sloop of war. In 1780 he was reflected to parliament, and in 1781 attained the rank of post captain. In 1793, on the commencement of the war with France, he was appointed to the Flora frigate, and in 1795 commanded the unsuccessful expedition to Quiberon bay to assist the insurrectionists of La Vendee. In 1797 he obtained the command of the Canada of 74 guns, and after some severe service off Brest went with a strong force to the coast of Ireland, where on Oct. 11, 1798, in a conflict with a French squadron, he cap- tured the Hoche line-of-battle ship and three frigates. For this he was made rear admiral of the blue, with the thanks of parliament. In 1793 he was elected to parliament for Not- tinghajn, and in 1802 reflected. After the peace of Amiens he was sent to Russia as am- bassador. In 1812 he had command in North America and the West Indies. At his death he was admiral of the white. He is the sup- posed author of " A View of the Naval Force of Great Britain" (8vo, 1791). WARREN. I. Joseph, an American patriot, born in Roxbury, Mass., June 11, 1741, killed in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. He graduated at Harvard college in 1759, stud- ied medicine, and at the age of 23 commenced practice in Boston. When Samuel Adams de-