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 650 WILSON horses, 1,141 milch cows, 2,561 other cattle, 2,176 sheep, and 9,408 swine; 2 manufacto- ries of agricultural implements, 9 of carriages and wagons, 1 of pumps, 1 flour mill, and 2 saw mills. Capital, Wilson. II. A S. county of Texas, drained by San Antonio river and Cibolo creek ; area, 670 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 2,556, of whom 463 were colored. The sur- face is hilly and the soil productive. There is little timber except along the streams. The chief productions in 1870 were 52,712 bushels of Indian corn, 12,116 of sweet potatoes, 34,- 410 Ibs. of butter, and 358 bales of cotton. There wore 6,481 horses, 2,619 milch cows, 17,829 other cattle, and 7,771 swine. Capital, Floresville. III. A N. central county of Ten- nessee, bounded N. by the Cumberland river ; area, about 500 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 25,881, of whom 7,331 were colored. The surface is moderately hilly and the soil extremely fertile. The Tennessee and Pacific railroad terminates at the county seat. The chief productions in 1870 were 241,715 bushels of wheat, 1,173,201 of Indian corn, 151,067 of oats, 25,945 of Irish and 33,362 of sweet potatoes, 899,249 Ibs. of butter, 80,854 of wool, 832,901 of tobacco, 1,205 bales of cotton, and 5,850 tons of hay. There were 9,682 horses, 4,150 males and asses, 5,185 milch cows, 7,983 other cattle, 24,028 sheep, and 48,708 swine; 20 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 6 of furniture, 8 wool* carding and cloth-dressing establishments, 4 Hour mills, 1 woollen mill, and 10 saw mills. Capital, Lebanon. IV. A S. E. county of Kan- sas, intersected by Verdigris and Fall rivers ; area, 576 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 6,694; in 1875, 9,750. The river bottoms are fertile, and the uplands afford good pasturage. It is well wooded, and contains beds of coal and salt springs. The chief productions in 1870 were 24,684 bushels of wheat, 126,795 of Indian corn, 24,578 of oats, 12,112 of potatoes, 52,- 720 Ibs. of butter, and 5,583 tons of hay. There were 1,210 horses, 1,597 milch cows, 8,299 other cattle, 2,368 sheep, and 1,865 swine, and 9 saw mills. Capital, Fredonia. WILSON, Alexander, an American ornithol- ogist, born in Paisley, Scotland, July 6, 1766, died in Philadelphia, Aug. 23, 1818. He was the son of a distiller, and was himself a weaver and peddler. In 1790 he published a volume of poems. Having been prosecuted and punished for a lampoon at Paisley, he resolved to emi- grate, and arrived at New Castle, Del., July 14, 1794, with only a few borrowed shillings, without an acquaintance, and with no decided purpose. After working at various trades, he went through New Jersey as a peddler, and du- ring this journey seems to have first paid mi- nute attention to the habits and appearance of birds. He afterward taught school at various places in Nev Jersey and Pennsylvania, finally settling in 1802 at Kingsessing on the Schuyl- kill. His home was near the botanical garden of William Bartram, who encouraged his taste for ornithology, and Wilson resolved to form a collection of tho finest American birds. His first excursion (October, 1804) was to Niagara falls, through the then unopened wilderness of western New York. He published a metrical account of this journey in the u Port Folio," under the title of "The Foresters, a Poem." He learned drawing, coloring, and etching from Alexander Lawson, and persuaded Bradford, a Philadelphia publisher, who had employed him in editing the American edition of " Rees's Cy- cloptedia," to furnish funds for an American ornithology on an adequate scale. The first volume of the work appeared in September, 1808, but it was too expensive to be very suc- cessful. In January, 1810, the second volume appeared. Sailing down tho Ohio in a small boat as far as Louisville, he set out on horse- back from Nashville for New Orleans in May, 1811, and arrived Juno 6. Sailing again, ho reached Philadelphia in August, and began tho third volume. In September, 1812, he started on another tour to the eastern states. On his return he employed himself so unceasingly in the preparation of his work, that he impaired his already weakened constitution and hastened his death. He completed tho publication of seven volumes, and tho eighth and ninth were edited after his death, with a biography, by George Ord, who had been his companion in some of his journeys. The work was after- ward continued by Charles Lacien Bonaparte (4 vols. 4to, Philadelphia, 1826-'83). An edi- tion of Wilson's poems was published at Pais- ley in 1816, and another at Belfast in 1857. A statue of him was erected in Paisley in October, 1874. See "Difficulties Overcome: Scenes in tho Life of Alexander Wilson, tho Ornithologist," by C. Lucy Bright well (8vo, London, 1860) ; " Alexander Wilson, the Orni- thologist : a New Chapter in his Life, em- bodying many Letters hitherto unpublished," by Allan Park Patton (8vo, 1863) ; and a vol- ume of verse and miscellaneous prose works, with a memorial, introduction, notes, &c., by the Rev. A. B. Grosart (Paisley, 1874). WILSON, Aiffnsta (EVANS), an American nov- elist, born in Columbus, Ga., May 8, 1835. Her earlier novels were published under the name of Augusta J. Evans. In 1868 she married L. M. Wilson of Mobile, where she has since re- sided. She has published " Inez" (New York, 1856), written at the age of 17; "Beulah" (1859); "Macaria" (1864) ; "St. Elmo "(1866); " Vashti " (1869) ; and " Infelice " (1875). WILSON, Daniel, an English prelate, born in London, July 2, 1778, died in Calcutta, Jan. 2, 1858. He was educated at Oxford, was or- dained deacon in 1801, and in 1802 became a curate of Mr. Cecil. He became assistant tutor of St. Edmund's hall in 1804, and from 1807 to 1812 was sole tutor and vice principal, and also curate of Worton. In 1812 he left Oxford for St. John's chapel, Bedford row, London, and in 1824 received the vicarage of Islington. In 1832 ho was appointed bishop of Calcutta and metropolitan of India. His principal works