Cagnola, Luigi

MARQUIS DE, ( kan - yola,) an Italian architect, B. of an illustrious family at Milan, 1762. He was a member of the State council, and was much engaged in political affairs. His most celebrated works are the Arco dell a Pace, commenced in 1807, and the Porta Ticinese at Milan, the Campanile at Urgnano, completed in 1829, and the Mausoleum for the Metternich family. D. 1833. Cahawʼba, in Alabama , a river rising near the E. border of Jefferson co., and falling into the Alabama at Cahawba, in Dallas co. It is navigable for small boats for 100 m. -A village, the former cap. of Dallas co., on the right bank of the Alabama river, about 92 miles below Montgomery. Cahier, ( kä - e - yā, ) n. [Fr., from Lat. codex.] A number of sheets of paper tied loosely together. (French Hist.) The reports and proceedings of certain a emblies; as those of the States-General, the clergy, the notables, . The famous cahiers presented by the States-General to the King of France, at their convocation, June 24, 1789, contains the best account of the then state of France. They were systematized and condensed in a book in 3 vols., called L'Esprit des Cahiers , to which the reader is referred. Cahir, or Caher, ( kar, ) in Ireland, 2 small islands off the coast of Mayo. -A thriving market-town of co. Tipperary, on the river Suir; pop. 4,000, -A parish of Queen's co. Cahirciveen, (Kar'se-veen,) in Ireland, a town of co. Kerry, 24 m. E.N.E. of Valentia; pop . 1,569. Here Daniel O'Connell was born, 1775. Cahircon'ree, in Ireland, a mountain of co. Kerry. On the summit are the remains of Druidical altars. Height, 2,764 feet. Cahircoulish, ( kah - er - kau'lish ,) in Ireland, a parish and village of Limerick co.; pop . 676. Cahoes', COHOES, CoHoos, in New York , a thriving city of Albany co., on the right bank of the Mohawk river; рор . (1890) 22,500; (1897) abt. 25,000. Cahoes Falls, in Mohawk River, N. York, 3 m. above its mouth. The river is here about 1,000 feet wide; and the rock over which it pours extends acro , in a direct line from S.W. to N.E., and is 70 feet high. From the bridge three-quarters of a mile below, the falls are in full view. Caho'ka, in Mi ouri, a post-village of Clark co., 20 m. W. of Keokuk, Iowa. Caho'kia, in Illinois, a village of St. Clair co., at the mouth of Cahokia Creek, 5 m. E. of St. Louis. Caho'kia Creek, in Illinois , flows through Madison co., and enters the Mi i ippi River at Cahokia village. Cahola, in Kansas , a flourishing township of Lyon county.