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NASEBY NASH 149 talk with each other without difficulty. They are slovenly in their persons and careless, often in want, and driven even to acts of cannibal- ism. Missions have benefited some bands only. They telegraph by fires on high places, and mark their routes by poles with bark pendents. They believe in a great spirit and in Atshem, a spirit of evil. The government returns of 1870 put their number at 2,860. These two tribes have been styled by Gallatin and others Sheshapootosh and Scoffies, names unknown in Canada and derived only from an ignorant Micmac boy. Grammars and dictionaries of the Montagnais by missionaries at various dates exist in manuscript, but only devotional works have been printed in the language. NASEBY, a village of Northamptonshire, Eng- land, 12 m. N. N. W. of Northampton, where was fought a decisive battle between Charles I. and the parliamentary forces under Fairfax, June 14, 1645. After the capture of Leicester by the royal army, Fairfax, who was besieging Oxford, marched into Northamptonshire. The two armies, about equal in number, confronted each other on the morning of June 14, the parliamentarians occupying a strong position near Naseby, and the king's troops being drawn up one mile south of Harborough. The royal centre was commanded by the king in person, the right wing by Prince Eupert, and the left by Sir Marmaduke Langdale. Fairfax, sup- ported by Skippon, commanded the centre of his army, with Cromwell on his right wing and Ireton on his left. The royalists made the at- tack, and Rupert with his cavaliers charged with such fury upon Ireton that his wing was broken and put to flight. Instead of supporting his royal kinsman, Rupert detached himself from the main battle to pursue the fugitives. The royal centre maintained an obstinate contest till Cromwell, having routed the forces of Sir Marmaduke Langdale, fell suddenly upon its rear, when, unsupported by either of its wings, it almost immediately surrendered. One regi- ment alone held out for the king, but was finally broken by repeated charges. At this moment Rupert returned from his needless Pursuit of Ireton's troops, with his men and orses exhausted and the time for effective aid gone by. The king saved himself only by a precipitate flight. The royalists lost 800 killed and 4,500 prisoners, besides their artillery and ammunition; the parliamentarians had 1,000 killed. A number of private letters between Charles and his queen, subsequently published under the title of "The King's Cabinet Open- ed," also fell into the hands of the victors. NASH, a N. E. county of North Carolina, bounded S. W. by Contentny creek and N. by Swift creek, and intersected by Tar river ; area, 640 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 11,077, of whom 4,721 were colored. The surface is uneven. The chief productions in 1870 were 8,046 bush- els of wheat, 152,506 of Indian corn, 14,356 of oats, 24,907 of sweet potatoes, and 3,697 bales of cotton. There were 845 horses, 444 mules and asses, 1,443 milch cows, 911 work- ing oxen, 2,073 other cattle, 2,619 sheep, and 10,697 swine. Capital, Nashville. NASH, Joseph, an English water-color painter, born about 1813. He is chiefly distinguished as a painter of architecture, and his "Archi- tecture of the Middle Ages" (fol., 1838), and "Mansions of England in the Olden Time" (4 vols. fol., 1839-'49), lithographed in colors from his drawings, are among his works which have been published. He has painted histori- cal scenes from Shakespeare and Scott, and miscellaneous subjects, such as " The Queen's Visit to Lincoln's Inn Hall" (1846), "Charles V, visiting Francis I." (1865), "The Chapel of Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey " (1866), and " Louis Philippe's Bedroom at Claremont " (1867). NASH, Richard, known as Beau Nash, born in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Oct. 18, 1674, died in Bath, Feb. 3, 1761. After a preliminary education at Carmarthen school, he was en- tered at Jesus college, Oxford, where he dis- played some ability, but was chiefly distin- guished by dissipation. To preserve him from an imprudent marriage, he was at 17 years of age removed from the university, and his father purchased for him a commission in the army ; but wearying of the monotony of barrack life, he entered himself a student of law in the Middle Temple. Instead of studying, however, he devoted himself to pleasure, and with re- sources supplied from the gaming table he be- came a leader of fashion and a man about town. On the occasion of an entertaiment given by the members of the Middle Temple to William III., he conducted the pageant with so much tact and address that the king offered to knight him ; but Nash, sensible of his uncertain means of support, declined the honor. In 1704 he visited Bath, then just rising into importance as a watering place, and the citizens appointed him master of ceremonies. He succeeded in a short time in securing for the place the repu- tation of an agreeable resort for valetudinarians as well as mere seekers of pleasure. Decency of dress and civility of manners were enforced in the public resorts, an elegant assembly room was built, streets and buildings were improved, and in process of time a handsome city was established in place of what had been only a dull provincial town. Nash himself shared in the prosperity which he had promoted, and, from his influence and the deference in which he was held by citizens as well as visitors, was styled the " king of Bath." Supporting himself still by the gaming table, he lived in great style, travelling in a coach and six with outriders, and dispensing charities with reckless profu- sion. Toward the close of his life his glory waned, and after the act of parliament against gambling he lived in comparative indigence. He was honored by a public funeral, and a marble statue of him was placed in the pump room of the king's bath. Nash was ungainly in person, with coarse and ugly features, and