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380 LEVI LEVY ernor. On the retirement of Jackson Mr. Walton acted for a time as governor. Al- though his daughter's education was exclu- sively domestic and confined to Pensacola, she became a proficient in the French, Spanish, and Italian languages, and obtained some knowledge of Latin and Greek, as well as of the sciences. She spent the winter of 1833-'4 in Washington, and during the debates upon the removal of the deposits was in the habit of writing such accurate reports that, it is said, Clay, Calhoun, Webster, McDuffie, and Preston were all in the habit of calling to read their own speeches from her portfolio. In 1836 she was married to Dr. Henry S. Le Vert, a physician of Mobile. She made two visits to Europe, the results of which have been given to the world in her " Souvenirs of Travel" (2 vols., New York, 1857). In 1874 she made her appearance as a public reader. LEVI, the third son of Jacob and Leah, born in Mesopotamia. He and his brother Simeon caused the massacre of the Shechemites and the pillage of their city to avenge the wrong done to their sister Dinah. This action dis- pleased their father Jacob, and the descendants of Levi therefore had no allotment in the divi- sion of Canaan, and were dispersed among the other tribes. The Levites were, however, set apart for the sacerdotal office, and were endow- ed with privileges and dignities above the other tribes. Moses and Aaron were of this tribe. LEVI, Leone, a British author, born in Anco- na, Italy, June 6, 1821. He was educated for mercantile pursuits, and in 1844 went to Eng- land, and in 1847 was naturalized as a British subject. In 1849 he was mainly instrumental in organizing the Liverpool chamber of com- merce, of which he became honorary secreta- ry. In 1852 he was permitted to give evening lectures on commerce and commercial law in King's college, London, where he was after- ward appointed professor of the principles and practice of commerce. He was called to the bar in 1859, and in 1861 was made doctor of political and economical science by the university of Tubingen. His principal publica- tions are: "Commercial Law" (4 vols. 4to, 1850-'52) ; "The Law of Nature and Nations, as affected by Divine Law" (1855); "On Taxation: how it is Raised and how it is Ex- pended" (1860); "International Commercial Law" (1864); and "History of British Com- merce" (1872). LEVIATHAN, the English form of a Hebrew word (livyathari) used in the Old Testament, probably applicable to any huge marine animal, and sometimes, as in Job xli., perhaps desig- nating particularly the Egyptian crocodile. LEVIS. I, A S. county of Quebec, Canada, bounded N. by the St. Lawrence river, oppo- site Quebec ; area, 256 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 24,831, of whom 22,706 were of French and 1,290 of Irish origin or descent. It is watered by the Chaudiere river, and traversed by the Grand Trunk railway. II. Or Point Leyi, a town, capital of the county, on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence, opposite Quebec, arid at the terminus of the Grand Trunk railway ; pop. in 1871, 6,691. It is the landing place for pas- sengers arriving by steamer from Europe, and has an extensive shipping trade. It contains two telegraph offices, and several saw mills and factories. LEVITA, Elias. See ELIAS LEVITA. LEVITES, in a general sense, all the descen- dants of Levi ; more particularly those who were employed in the lower services of the temple, as distinguished from the priests, who were of the family of Aaron, a branch of the same tribe. Subordinate to the priests, it was their office in the desert to carry the hangings, the ark, and sacred vessels of the tabernacle, and the materials which composed it. Subse- quently part of them attended at the taber- nacle, while the others were distributed among 48 cities which were allotted to them in Ca- naan, and were the ordinary judges of the country. Five of these cities, Hebron, She- chem, Golan, Kedesh, and Ramoth-Gilead, were cities of refuge. Besides other means of subsistence, they had a tenth of the produce of the lands belonging to the other tribes. They were divided into three classes, named, after the three sons of Levi, Gershonites, Ko- hathites, and Merarites. In the time of Da- vid they numbered 38,' 000 men fit for official service, of whom 24,000 were "set over the work of the Lord," 6,000 were officers and judges, 4,000 musicians, and 4,000 porters. LEVITICUS, the third book of the Pentateuch, and of the Old Testament canon, containing the legislation and regulations concerning the duties of priests and Levites, and the ceremo- nials of worship. The offering of sacrifices, the consecration and authority of priests, the distinction of things clean and unclean, the feast of atonement, the prohibition of idolatry, theft, perjury, divination, and other crimes, the religious festivals, and the sabbatical and jubilee years, are chiefly treated in the book. (See PENTATEUCH.) LEVY, a N. W. county of the peninsula of Florida, on the gulf of Mexico, bounded N. W. by the Suwanee river, and S. by the Withla- coochee; area, 860 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 2,018, of whom 395 were colored. The surface is low and swampy, and abounds with valuable timber. The Florida railroad passes through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 26,590 bushels of Indian corn, 11,380 of sweet pota- toes, 273 bales of cotton, 16 hogsheads of sugar, and 3,630 gallons of molasses. There were 296 horses, 2,407 milch cows, 5,407 other cattle, and 2,258 swine. Capital, Levyville. LEVY, Emile, a French painter, born in Pa- ris, Aug. 29, 1826. He studied under Abel de Pujol and Picot, and in 1854 won at the school of fine arts the great Roman prize. At Rome he executed his " Noah cursing Canaan," which was purchased by the government in 1855. Among his subsequent works are : " The Re-