Suliots

or Suliotes, (soo'le-ōts.) (Hist.) A race of people formerly inhabiting the pasha lic of Yanina, in the Turkish p. of Epirus. They were by descent half Albanian,half Hellene, and, after a stubborn resistance, Sulphites, were reduced to subjection byAli Pasha, in 1801. They Sulphur, afterwards fought for the latter, and also for the Greeks, against the Turkish power. Sullivan, in Indiana, a W. co., b. on Illinois; area, 430 sq. m.; C. Sullivan. Pop. 18,454. -In Mi ouri, aN. co.; area, 650 sq. m.; C. Milan. Pop. 11,912.-.- In ] New Hampshire, a W.S.W. co.; area, 570 sq. m.; C. Newport. Pop. 18,058.-In New York, aS.E. co.; area, 890 sq. m.; C.Monticello. Pop. 34,550.- In Pennsylvania, a N.N.E. co.; area, 430 sq. m.; C. Laporte. Pop. 6,191.-In Tenne ee, a N.E. co., b. on Virginia; area, 300 sq. m.; C. Blountsville. Pop. 13,136. Sullivan's Island, in S. Carolina, lies in Charleston harbor, 6 m. below the city, and is defended by Fort Moultrie. Sully, MAXIM I LIEN DE BETHUNE, DUC DE, (soo-le',) a distinguished French statesman, was B. at the chateau of Rosny, near Mantes, in 1560. He was the early friend and a ociate of Henry of Navarre, and served under him with great gallantry at Contras, Ivry, and Chart res. On the acce ion of his patron to the throne of France, as Henry IV., S. became prime minister of the B kingdom. S. restored order to the finances and prosperity to the country at large. In 1634 he was made a marshal of France, and D. in 1641. Sully, THOMAS, (sulle,) an em. Fig. 618.in ent American painter, B. in co. Lincoln, England, in1783. While aboyhe emigrated to America, and there studied his art at Charleston, afterwards succe ively taking up his residence in Richmond, Va., New York, and Philadelphia. As a portrait-painter he enjoyed great reputation, many of the most illustrious personages of the time being among his sitters. His chief historical work is Washington Cro ing the Delaware, now in the Boston Museum. D. 1872. Sulphates, (sül'fātz.) (Chem.) Combinations of sulphuric acid and bases. The most important are the following:-S. of Aluminium, is prepared in an impure state on the large scale, and sold as concentrated alum (see ALUM). S. of Calcium. The anhydrous salt occurs native as anhydrite, and is largely used in commerce under the name of gypsum, or Plaster of Paris. It is a white powder almost insoluble in water. When mixed with a small quantity of water, so as to form a thin paste, it gradually thickens,and, in the course ofa few minutes, solidifies to a hard ma of hydrated S. by absorption of water. Owing to this property it is of great use in taking casts and moulds of objects. The hydrated S. of calcium is met with in nature under the name of selenite and alabaster.- S. of Copper, called also blue vitriol and copper vitriol. This is of a beautiful blue color. [s. 866]