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766 DE KALB traverse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 348,940 bushels of wheat, 219,566 of In- dian corn, 198,945 of oats, 77,899 of potatoes, 20,440 tons of hay, 444,407 Ibs. of butter, and 117,802 of wool. There were 5,839 horses, 5,587 milch cows, 6,820 other cattle, 34,984 sheep, and 5,856 swine; 9 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 2 of barrels and casks, 5 of saddlery and harness, 1 flour mill, and 21 saw mills. Capital, Auburn. V. A N. county of Illinois; area, 648 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 23,265. It has a rolling surface and a fertile soil. Most of the land is occupied by prairies, but there are tracts of valuable timber. It is watered by several streams. The Chicago and Northwestern railroad crosses it, and the Chi- cago, Burlington, and Quincy line intersects the S. E. corner. The chief productions in 1870 were 398,249 bushels of wheat, 1,023,849 of Indian corn, 1,087,074 of oats, 289,447 of barley, 199,478 of potatoes, 68,665 tons of hay, 199,532 Ibs. of cheese, 915,804 of butter, 104,- 974 of wool, and 304,342 of flax. There were 13,044 horses, 14, 619 milch cows, 18,582 other cattle, 24,993 sheep, and 26,795 swine; 4 flour mills, 3 manufactories of agricultural imple- ments, 1 of brooms, 13 of carriages and wagons, 6 of cheese, 1 of dressed flax, and 8 of saddlery and harness. Capital, Sycamore. VI. A N. W. county of Missouri, drained by several small streams which flow into Grand and Platte rivers; area, 441 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 9,858, of whom 122 were colored. The sur- face is occupied partly by prairies and partly by woodlands. The soil is very fertile. The Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad skirts the S. border. The chief productions in 1870 were 46,646 bushels of wheat, 521,955 of Indian corn, 125,923 of oats, 44,184 of potatoes, 6,229 tons of hay, 140,795 Ibs. of butter, and 26,805 of wool. There were 4,894 horses, 3,665 milch cows, 6,171 other cattle, 11,608 sheep, and 15,813 swine. Capital, Maysville. DE KALB, John, baron, a general in the Ame- rican army of the revolution, born in Alsace, June 29, 1721, died near Camden, S. C., Aug. 19, 1780. He was trained in the French army, and in 1768 visited the Anglo-American colonies as a secret agent of the French gov- ernment. He was a brigadier in the French service when, on Nov. 7, 1776, he made with Franklin and Silas Deane an engagement to serve in the forces of the revolted colonies ; and in 1777 he accompanied Lafayette to Ame- rica. Congress appointed him a major general, Sept. 15, 1777, after which he joined the main army under Washington, and was active in the events near Philadelphia which preceded the encampment at Valley Forge. He served in New Jersey and Maryland till, in April, 1780, he was sent to reenforce Gen. Lincoln, then besieg- ed in Charleston, but arrived too late. He was second in command under Gen. Gates; and in the disastrous battle of Camden, Aug. 16, 1780, he was at the head of the Maryland and Dela- ware troops, who maintained their ground till DELACROIX Cornwallis concentrated his whole force upon them. He fell, pierced with 11 wounds, in the charge upon his regiments before they gave way. He died at Camden three days afterward, and a monument was erected there to his memory in 1825. DEKKER. See DECREE. DE LA BECHE, Sir Henry Thomas, an English geologist, born near London in 1796, died in London, April 13, 1855. He was the only son of Col. Thomas de la Beche of Jamaica, and was educated for the army, which he entered in 1814, but soon afterward retired, and in 1818 married and settled in Dorsetshire. In 1817 he became a fellow of the geological so- ciety, of which he was subsequently elected secretary, and in 1847 president. During these and some succeeding years he investigated the geology of the counties of Devon, Dorset, and Pembroke ; wrote " Observations on the Temperature and Depth of the Lake of Gene- va;" and subsequently, in conjunction with the Rev. W. D. Conybeare, published an account of the plesiosaurus, under the title of " Discov- ery of a new Fossil Animal forming a Link be- tween the Ichthyosaurus and Crocodile." In 1824 he visited his patrimonial estate in Jamaica, attempted to ameliorate the condition of his slaves, and wrote a paper on the geology of the island. Returning to England, he published in 1831 a "Geological Manual," in 1834 "Re- searches in Theoretical Geology," in 1835 " How to observe Geology," and in 1851 " The Geological Observer." He was appointed di- rector general of the geological survey of tlie United Kingdom, ordered by the government about 1835 ; and when, in 1845, mainly by his exertions, a geological museum with free lec- tures was added thereto, he was nominated di- rector of the museum of practical geology. He was a member of various scientific com- missions appointed by the government. To- ward the close of his life he was knighted. DELACROIX, Ferdinand Victor Engenc, a French painter, born at Charenton, April 26, 1799, died at Champrosay, near Versailles, Aug. 13, 1863. He first became known by some able criticisms on art. He studied painting under Pierre Guerin, but from the very commence- ment of his career abandoned the classic school, and may be considered the founder of the ro- mantic. His first picture, " Dante and Virgil," was exhibited in 1822. His second work, " The Massacre of Scio," is one of the most striking pictures of the French school of the 19th cen- tury. In 1831 he was sent by the government on a mission to Morocco, and while there he sketched a great variety of views and costumes, which were afterward reproduced in some very interesting and original pictures. He decorated one of the halls of the Palais Bour- bon and some interior parts of the Louvre and the Luxembourg. In 1857 he was admitted to the institute. Among his works are "Mephis- topheles appearing to Faust," "The Prisoner of Chillon," "Women of Algiers," and "The