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WARBLER-WAKI). 



On Dee 23 the next battle, Kccanach:ioft, was fought! WARD, ARTEMAS (1727-1800), general in the Rer- 

 by Gen Cluiboriie, who had a mixed force of whites lolutionary war, was born at Shrewsbury. Mass., Nov. 

 and friendly Indians. Tin- In-tilcs suffered a com- 27, 1727. He graduati-d at Harvard College in 174S, 



endly 



plete route, losing about 30 killed and their two vil- 

 lages of more than 2OO houses burned. Claibornc's 

 loss iu the cii-M-cmcnt was I killed and G wounded. 



In the next iutile, that of Kmikkfau. Jan. J, ISI4, 



and in 175") beeame major in the regiment of Col. K. 

 Williams, rising in Aiicrerouibie's cauipaign against 

 the French near I^ake Champlain to die rank 

 colonel. In 1774 lie was elected a delegate to tii 



it is difficult t>> tell the number.- < l.-n. Jack- vincial Cdimcil of M iis, and his military 



Bon was |ire.-ent in per.-on and fell back to Kurt experience and high reputation secured his appointment 

 Strother the day alter the Dt. The Indians as a general officer in ( >cto!>er of that year. In the 



regarded this action as a victory for them and greatly following May, when the Revolutionary war had 

 disturbed his retreat. A heavy skirmish at Knoto- i begun, lie was commandfr-in-chief of the Massnchu- 

 was a part of this ; Milting in a LTcat sells forces. During the ball If of Hunker's Hill he 



loss to the pursuers. Gen. Jackson was uiiich incensed remained at his head -quarters at Cambridge. _ In June, 



ct his losses and at tile, appearance of delcat. lie 

 Boon reorganized his force, and set on foot another ex- 

 iiedition of about 3<K>;> whites, with a body of friendly 

 Indian allies. On March 27, 1814, he fought the bat- 

 tles of Tohopaka or Horse-Shoe Bend, on the Talla- 

 ]... i 



Jackson's loss in the attack was 2H2 killed and 

 wounded ; the hostile Creeks lost 5.">7 killed on the 

 field and about 300 more killed while trying to cross 



I .'.">, the Continental Congress placed him first on tho 

 list of uiajor-geuerals, and, as such, he was command- 

 er-in-ehicf at the siege of Huston until the arrival of 

 Washington, when he became his second, with head- 

 quarters at Roxbury, and had command of the right 

 wing. He resigned in consequence of ill health in 

 April, 177G a month after the capture of J' 

 In this year he was chief-justice of common for Wor- 

 cester eo., and in 1777 president of the Massachusetts 



the Tallapoosa ; but few, if any, of those engaged in ! executive council. For Id years lie was a member of 

 battle e-c:i|-ed death. It i> sal 1 that there were the State Legislature of Massachusetts and its speaker 



were 



about 300 women and children taken prisoners. Such 

 is a specimen of (Jen. Jackson's severe Indian war- 

 fare. This last terrible engagement broke the power 

 of the Indians in the South and Soulh-weM. 



The next time we meet Gen. Jackson is Dec. 2, 1814, 

 at New Orleans. He gathered there such an army as 

 he could, and made ready against a British force 

 already reported approaching from the Gulf of Mexico. 

 The latter was commanded bv Sir Edward I'ackeiiham, 

 and numbered of all arms about y.ri ) men, including 

 over 1000 seamen. Jackson's whole command did 

 not exceed 3700 effectives, most of whom were raw 



The entire conflict was embraced I 

 Dei-. 10, 1SI4, and Jan. 18. 1815. What is usually 

 called the Battle of New Orleans took place on Jan. 

 8, being a British assault on Jackson's prepared lines, in 

 which the assailants sacrificed nearly :-',>vt<> men and 



in 17S;">. and from I7'.'l to I7'.i.'> he was member of 

 Congress. He died at Shrewsbury, Oct. 2S. 1X00. 



WA11D, FKMIIKHH-K To\yxsi-:xi> (l>.'JI-ISd2), a 

 soldier of fortune who won distinction in China, was 

 born at Salem, Mass., and received his education in 

 the public, schools. He early developed a roving, 

 adventurous, and military disposition and after serving 

 with the French army in the Crimea, (where by some 

 means he obtained a commission) was connected with 

 the filibustering schemes of' William Walker, and then 

 wandered to Mexico. Making his way to China, he 

 obtained the confidence of the government and the 

 title of " admiral general," and rendered very eminent 

 I fa potting down the Tac-ping rebellion. His 

 first exploit was the taking of Snnkiang after one 

 unavailing attack, lie was singularly useful in drilling 

 ,and organizing tho native troops; out of this poor 



lo.-t also their commander, Sir Kdward I'ackenham, 'material, despised by foreigners, he managed to evolve 

 and two other generals. Jackson's loss was very ''the ever victorious army," which was able to hold its 

 Mnall, as he was fighting from behind breastworks, own in the field against ten times its mini! 

 The treaty of peace between the United States and Tae ping rebels, whom they defeated in several 



(ireat Britain had been agreed upon at Ghent, Bel- 

 gium, nearly a month U-fore this battle, but the fact 

 was not known till long after- 1 (. o. n ) 



WAKBLKK. This name is given, with the , 



sary modifying terms, to a very great 



incuts and drove from the Yung Biver valley. 

 Ward was brave, honorable, energetic, and possessed 

 of great executive and soldierly ability : his career is 

 comparable to that by which "Chinese" Gordon won 



his earliest fame, lie deserved and gained tin 



y V I V V 1 V '". tu"'ti i.t MIL; n i iu^. i ' ' .1 t i * ^ i i . i ii IT, i - t u in ^L itl inc. liu ucoci \ c(l Mill gKIIICU I lie t' MI u- 



> 366 (o 391 IIUUJ ^ cr ' highly eharaelcristie North denc<> and respect of the mandarins, who reported in 



p. 366 

 Am. 



American birds. In a wide s. :, 



the great family of , 



/./.i may b<> 



. . . , 



'>li/tii, the creep and Beilil-'iivilie honors were paid there by the gralefnl 

 ur or more beautiful ! Chinese for some years, if not to the present day. 

 the swamp or prothonotary (See S, Welle* Williams' M!<l<llr K!n<i<l>i>i. I 1 - 



. 1 1,\ , ., t ll . , . .1, I lit I I m I .1 t . \ \ V I'M \ I I l> V A 1 '/^ I*t>Ti 1 l<\ . .1 i I, ,..,,., .t i .* vr-,,a 



called Warblers; but the name I dally to the 



sub-family .Si//riV'i//;/<r, which includes 10 rccogni; 

 North An. .'-i 1 .!. namely : Mui'ili-'tn. the ere 



ing warblers; J'n-iil'i, with four 

 Species; I'mlnnuturtii, the swamp or i 

 warblers; lli-hidiilln-rint and //'/iiiinl/i'ijiliiln. the lat- 

 ter with 8 or more good sped 1 ii-nmtu, the 

 olive warbler; the great. L //-,<<. the wood 

 warblers of- mostly North American and 

 West Indian ; .V/</ni*. the wag-tail warblers ; (>/).,;/- 

 nit, the bush warblers, and Qeothlypit, the ground 

 warblers. To the sub-family .SW;i/i'/</<W l>elong a 

 few North American and many South Ai: 

 forms. Many of the warblers are exceedingly beauti- 

 ful little birds, and (hey are all of them, as active inject 

 feeders, valuable friend- to the farmer. Notwithstand- 

 ing their name, only a few are specially gifted in song. 

 They are closely allied to the '! 



tain affinities with the hom : Sonic of them 



simulate the Tyriinni<l<r. i>|M-daily in their habits ; 

 others cccm to approach the nuthatches, the titlarks, 

 the wrens, the titmice. Mo.-t later .-ysti-maiisi- 

 the Ictrriinir or chats with the warblers: but upon 

 doubtfully sufficient grounds. (c. W. Q.) 



his favor at Peking. His brilliant successes wore 

 cut short at the early age of 31, in i'-n action at Tyki 

 near Niugpo. Oct. 7. Ixd2. At Snnkiang, when- his 

 remain.-' were hit hrine was creeled to him, 



WAIJD. MAHY Arr.rsTA, English novelist, was 

 born at llobart. Tasmania. June 1 1, IX.1I. She is tin; 

 eldc-t daughter of Thomas Arnold, fellow of the Itoyal 

 University of Ireland, ami granddaughter of (he fa- 

 mous Dr. Thomas Arr.old. of Huby. She was mar- 

 i led iii IsT'J to Thomas Humphry Ward, fellow of 

 Hi.i-eno.-c College, Oxford, who has since edited a, 

 collection of Tiif t'li'-lixh I'li-tx H vols. ). and the 

 twelfth edition of .I/.-/ ,/ // 7V/;,, 1 (ISSJ). Mrs. 

 \\'ard resides in Oxford. Her first publications were 

 a story for children. Mi'lly anil Oily ( ISSO), and Miss 

 /l,.l/irrtfin (|s:,s|). in which one of the characters is 

 said to be modelled from (he actress. Miss Mary Ander- 

 son. Much of her literary work had regard to forcinu 

 languages, in which she is well versed, witne 

 translation of Aiiii'T* Juiinnil (1SS.1), to which she 

 1 an introduction, and her papers on Conti- 

 nental literature in {\icQimrlerly AV/,V,r and olher 

 periodicals. She also wrote, for Smith and Wacc'a 



