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EATON 381 wards, and has more than a mile of paved streets, and an extensive system of sewers in progress. "Water works are also in process of construction. An excellent system of pub- lic schools is in operation, embracing in 1872 1 high, 8 grammar, and 22 primary schools, with 34 teachers and 1,628 pupils. The ex- penditures for school purposes during the year were $46,375, of which $20,350 were for per- manent improvements, and $15,859 for teach- ers' wages. There are 2 daily and 4 weekly (1 German) newspapers, and 10 churches. East Saginaw was laid out in 1850; about 1855 it was incorporated as a village, and in 1859 a city charter was granted. EATON, a S. county of Michigan, intersected by Grand river ; area, 576 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 25,171. The surface is undulating. In the N. and middle part are forests, and in the S. plains with scattered trees. The soil is productive. The Peninsula railroad and the Grand Eiver Valley division of the Mich- igan Central railroad pass through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 326,377 bush- els of wheat, 231,955 of Indian corn, 300,308 of oats, 16,876 of barley, 177,313 of potatoes, 31,212 tons of hay, 749,464 Ibs. of butter, 221,732 of wool, 204,028 of maple sugar, and 213,611 of hops. There were 5,526 horses, 6,423 milch cows, 8,932 other cattle, 49,733 sheep, and 10,243 swine ; 6 manufactories of agricultural implements, 9 of carriages and wagons, 5 of furniture, 5 of iron castings, 5 of saddlery and harness, 3 of sashes, doors, and blinds, 4 flour mills, 4 planing mills, 36 saw mills, 1 wool-carding and cloth-dressing, and 5 wood-turning and carving establish- ments. Capital, Charlotte. EATON, Amos, an American physicist, born in Chatham, N. Y., May 17, 1776, died in Troy, May 6, 1842. He was early employed as a sur- veyor, graduated at Williams college in 1799, was admitted to the bar in 1802, and settled in Catskill as a lawyer and land agent. For sev- eral years he devoted his leisure to the study of the natural sciences, in 1810 delivered at Catskill a popular course of lectures on botany, and in 1817 he lectured at Williams college on chemistry, geology, and mineralogy. His lec- tures were repeated in several New England towns and cities, and in 1818, by the invita- tion of Gov. Clinton, before the legislature of New York. While in Albany he made sug- gestions which ultimately resulted in the pub- lication of "The Natural History of New York." In 1820-'21, in connection with Drs. T. Eomeyn Beck and Lewis C. Beck, and at the expense of Stephen Van Kensselaer, he made geological and agricultural surveys of Albany and Rensselaer counties, the beginning of such surveys in the United States, reports of which were published. In 1820 he was made professor of natural history in the medical college at Castleton, Vt. Van Rens- selaer subsequently employed him to make a geological survey of the district adjoining the Erie canal, and the result was published in 1824, together with a profile section of rock formations from the Atlantic ocean across Massachusetts and New York to Lake Erie. In 1824 the Rensselaer school of science (now polytechnic institute) was established at Troy, and Eaton was placed at its head as senior professor. His works, of which several edi- tions have been published, are: "Elemen- tary Treatise on Botany" (1810); "Manual of Botany" (1817); "Botanical Dictionary" (1817); "Botanical Exercises" (1820) ; "Bo- tanical Grammar and Dictionary" (1828); "Chemical Note Book" (1821); "Chemical Instructor" (1822); "Zoological Syllabus" (1822); "Cuvier's Grand Division" (1822); "Philosophical Instructor" (1824); "Direc- tions for Surveying and Engineering " (1838) ; "Geological Text Book" (1830) ; " Geological Note Book" (1841) ; and extended reports of several geological and agricultural surveys. EATON, George W., an -American clergyman and educator, born near Huntingdon, Pa., July 3, 1804, died at Hamilton, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1872. He graduated at Union college in 1829, and was appointed a tutor. Erom 1831 to 1833 he was professor of ancient languages in Georgetown college, Ky. In 1833 he became connected with the Hamilton literary and theological institution (Baptist), incorporated in 1846 as Madison university, where he was successively professor of mathematics and nat- ural philosophy, of civil arid ecclesiastical his- tory, and of systematic theology. He was president of the university from 1856 to 1868, and president of the theological seminary and professor of homiletics from 1861 to 1871. EATON, William, an American soldier, born in Woodstock, Conn., Feb. 23, 1764, died in Brimfield, Mass., June 1, 1811. At the age of 16 he enlisted in the revolutionary army, from which he was discharged in 1783. In 1790 he graduated at Dartmouth college, and two years later received a captain's commission in the army. In the summer of 1797 he was ap- pointed American consul at Tunis, arrived there in March, 1799, and for several years was engaged in a series of negotiations and alterca- tions with the bey, having reference to the annual payment of tribute money. In this he acted with a boldness and tact which secured to the commerce of his country an immunity from the attacks of Tunisian cruisers. In 1803 he returned to the United States, received the appointment of navy agent of the United States for the Barbary states, and accompanied the American fleet to the Mediterranean in the summer of 1804. Learning that Hamet Cara- melli, rightful bey of Tripoli, with which the United States were then at war, had taken refuge in Egypt, he sought him out, and in the early part of 1805 assisted him in assembling a force of about 500 men, four fifths of whom were Arabs, the remainder being Christian ad- venturers, principally Greeks, with nine Amer- ms. Having secured the cooperation of the